чирә

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Kalmyk

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *cïraï. Cognate with Mongolian царай (caraj) and Buryat шарай (šaraj).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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чирә (çirä) (Clear script spelling ᡔᡅᠷᠠᡅ (cirai))

  1. face

Synonyms

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References

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  • A. Pozdneev (1911) “чирә”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 250