толь бичиг

Mongolian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠣᠯᠢ
ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ (toli bičig, “dictionary”, literally “mirror book”), which was both a semantic loan from Literary Chinese 鑑 (jiàn, “mirror; dictionary”), and a calque of Manchu ᠪᡠᠯᡝᡴᡠ
ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ (buleku bithe, “dictionary”, literally “mirror book”).

Pronunciation

(Mongolia Khalkh) IPA^(key): [tʰœɮ pi.ʰt͡ʃɪ̆k]
Hyphenation: толь би‧чиг

Noun

толь бичиг • (tolʹ bičig)

(countable) dictionary, vocabulary
Synonym: толь (tolʹ) (head omitted)

Declension

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