тэрэг

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ
(terge)
тэрэг
(tereg)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *tergen. Compare Buryat тэргэн (tergen), Kalmyk тергн (tergn), Daur tergu (“vehicle”), Dongxiang qierge (“cart”), Dongxiang qiereigvan (“car”), East Yugur tergen. related to Old Turkic tirke- (“connect to back of something”), compare Turkmen tirkemek, Turkmen tirkeg (“cart connected to animal”) and Chagatai ترکاک. Perhaps also related to Proto-Tungusic *turki (“sleigh”), Nivkh т’у (tʼu) or Korean 달구지 (dalguji, “cart”). Furthermore, compare Even турки (turki), Nanai токи (toki).

Pronunciation

Noun

тэрэг • (tereg) (Mongolian spelling); (hidden-n declension)

  1. cart
  2. motorcar
  3. (chess) rook
    Synonym: (colloquial) ханхай (xanxaj)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Mongolian · шатрын дүрс (šatryn dürs) (layout · text)
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ноён (nojon) бэрс (bers) тэрэг (tereg) тэмээ (temee) морь (morʹ) хүү (xüü)
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