өрөө

Mongolian

Etymology

Cognate with Kalmyk өрә (örä, “room, a half of a yurt”) with several possible explanations:

  • Deriving from the same root as өрөөл (örööl, “half, one of a pair”), өрөөсөн (öröösön, “odd, unpaired”), originally denoting a half of a yurt.
  • From the same root as өр (ör, “interior, heart”).
  • өрөх (öröx, “to arrange, to lay”) +‎ -өө(н) (-öö(n)), unlikely due to lack of -n in Kalmyk.

Noun

өрөө • (öröö) (Mongolian spelling ᠥᠷᠦᠭᠡ (örüge) or ᠡᠷᠦᠭᠡ (erüge), definite plural өрөөнүүд); (hidden-n declension)

  1. room
    Synonym: тасалгаа (tasalgaa)
  2. chamber (of a device)

Derived terms

Yakut

Etymology

From өр (ör) + өө (öö). From Proto-Turkic.

Verb

өрөө • (öröö)

  1. (intransitive) to rest, to be idle (usually for one or more days)
    Synonym: сынньан (sınnyan)
    мин бүгүн өрөөтүм ― min bügün öröötüm ― I'm resting today
    манна хас да күн өрөөтүлэр ― manna qas da kün öröötüler ― they rested here for a few days

Derived terms

  • өрөбүл (öröbül, “day off, holiday, vacation day”)
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