зээр
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Mongolian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /t͡seːr/
Noun[edit]
зээр • (zeer) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠷᠡ (ǰegere)); (regular declension)
- gazelle
- Mongolian gazelle, zeren
- Synonym: цагаан зээр (cagaan zeer)
- Mongolian gazelle, zeren
Hyponyms[edit]
- цагаан зээр (cagaan zeer, “Mongolian gazelle”, literally “white gazelle”)
- хар сүүлт зээр (xar süült zeer, “goitered gazelle”, literally “black-tailed gazelle”)
Derived terms[edit]
- үргэсэн зээр шиг (ürgesen zeer šig, “timid as a mouse”)
- (?) зээргэнэ (zeergene, “ephedra”)
- зээрийн унд (zeeriin und, “Zygophyllum pterocarpum”)