зүйр
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Mongolian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Kalmyk зүүр (züür, “comparison, similarity”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /t͡suir/, [t͡suer]
Noun
[edit]зүйр • (züjr) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠦᠢᠷ (ǰüir))
Derived terms
[edit]- зүйр үг (züjr üg, “proverb, adage”)
- зүйрлэх (züjrlex, “to compare, contrast”)
- зүйрлэл (züjrlel, “comparison, figure of speech”)