туурай

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Mongolian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *turuxun (compare East Yugur turuun) with irregular metathesis not found in varieties outside of Mongolian proper and unexpected -ай (-aj).

Noun

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туурай (tuuraj) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠤᠭᠤᠷᠠᠢ (tuɣurai) or ᠲᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ (turuɣu)); (hidden-n declension)

  1. hoof