дийлэх

Mongolian

Etymology

Cognate with Buryat диилэхэ (diilexe) and Kalmyk диилх (diilx) and also attested in a 14th-century Yuan dynasty Middle Mongol inscription as ᠳᠡᠶ᠋ᠢᠯᠡᠵᠤᠭᠤ (deyileǰuɣu), but missing in peripheral Mongolic languages.

Verb

дийлэх • (diilex) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠡᠶ᠋ᠢᠯᠬᠦ (deyilkü), passive дийлдэх or дийлэгдэх)

1. to defeat, to win

   Synonym: ялах (jalax)

2. to manage, to be able
3. to overcome

   Synonym: туулах (tuulax)

Derived terms

• (?) дийлэнх (diilenx, “majority”)