ᠰᠤᠮᠤ

Mongolian
MongolianCyrillic
ᠰᠤᠮᠤ
(sumu)		сум
(sum)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”), compare Dongxiang sumu.

The sense 'district' arose during the Qing dynasty as a calque of Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ᠰᠤᠮᠤ • (sumu)

  1. arrow, projectile, bullet
  2. sum (sometimes somon, sumon or sumu) (the second-level civil administrative unit in the Mongolian governance system)

Descendants
  • → Buryat: сомон (somon)
    • → Russian: сомон (somon)
  • → English: sum
  • → Mandarin: 蘇木／苏木 (sūmù)
  • → Tuvan: сумон (sumon)
    • → Russian: сумон (sumon)

See also

References
  1. Christopher P. Atwood (2004) Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol empire, New York: Facts on File, Inc, page 523
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