зээр

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *jexeren, commonly derived from Proto-Turkic *yẹgren (“yellow, chestnut”), which is also the source of зээрд (zeerd, “red, chestnut”).

Compare East Yugur jeeren, Western Yugur [script needed] (yiğïr, “gazelle”), Chuvash ҫӳрен (śüren).

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /t͡seːr/

Noun

зээр • (zeer) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠷᠡ (ǰegere)); (regular declension)

1. gazelle
   1. Mongolian gazelle, zeren

      Synonym: цагаан зээр (cagaan zeer)

Hyponyms

• цагаан зээр (cagaan zeer, “Mongolian gazelle”, literally “white gazelle”)
• хар сүүлт зээр (xar süült zeer, “goitered gazelle”, literally “black-tailed gazelle”)

Derived terms

• үргэсэн зээр шиг (ürgesen zeer šig, “timid as a mouse”)
• (?) зээргэнэ (zeergene, “ephedra”)
• зээрийн унд (zeeriin und, “Zygophyllum pterocarpum”)

Descendants

• → Russian: дзерен (dzeren)
  • → English: zeren, dzeren