тээрэм

Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠲᠡᠭᠡᠷᠮ᠎ᠡ (tegerm-e)
Cyrillic
тээрэм (teerem)

Etymology

From *tegirmän (“mill”), from Proto-Turkic *tegir- (“round, circle; to turn, to spin”). Compare with Kazakh диірмен (diırmen), Southern Altai теермен (teermen), and Turkish değirmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰeːrem/

Noun

тээрэм • (teerem)

1. mill

Derived terms

• тээрэмдэх (teeremdex, “to mill”)
• тээрэмчин (teeremčin, “miller”)