ᠱᠠᠹᠠ

Mongolian

Alternative forms

• ᠰᠣᠹᠠ (sofa) (Mongolia), Cyrillic spelling софа (sofa)

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 沙發／沙发 (shāfā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃafa/

Noun

ᠱᠠᠹᠠ • (šafa) (Cyrillic spelling шафа (šafa))

1. (China) sofa

   Synonyms: ᠪᠤᠶᠢᠳᠠᠩ (buyidaŋ), ᠳ᠋ᠢᠸᠠᠨ (diwan)

Further reading

• “ᠱᠠᠹᠠ”, in 蒙汉词典 [Mongolian-Chinese Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Chinese), rev. and enl. edition, Hohhot: Inner Mongolia University Press, 1999, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 979 - via Tohuku University Mongol and Manchu Project by Hitoshi Kuribayashi (usage instructions)