тэнгис

Buryat

Noun

тэнгис • (tengis)

  1. sea

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠲᠡᠩᠭᠢᠰ
(teŋgis)
тэнгис
(tengis)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠡᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋ (teŋgis, “a lake”), from Middle Mongol 騰汲思 (/⁠teŋgis⁠/), from Common Turkic *teŋiz, from Proto-Turkic *teŋiŕ. Doublet of Чингис (Čingis, “Genghis”). Compare Buryat тэнгис (tengis), Kalmyk теңгс (teñgs); Kazakh теңіз (teñız, “a sea”), Uzbek dengiz (“a sea”), Turkish deniz (“a sea”); Manchu ᡨᡝᠩᡤᡳᠨ (tenggin, “a lake”); etc.

Noun

тэнгис • (tengis)

  1. a sea
    Synonym: далай (dalaj)
    Япон тэнгис ― Japon tengis ― the Sea of Japan
    Хар тэнгис ― Xar tengis ― the Black Sea
    Газар дундын тэнгис ― Gazar dundyn tengis ― the Mediterranean Sea
  2. a lake
    Synonym: нуур (nuur)

Declension

Derived terms

  • тэнгисч (tengisč)
  • далай тэнгис (dalaj tengis)
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