mören

Salar

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian мөрөн (mörön).

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [moren]
• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [moːren]
• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [muren]
• (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [moːɹen]
• (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [møræn], [mørøn]

Adjective

mören

1. river (big)

Related terms

• özen (“river (small)”)

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “mören”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 412-414
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “mören”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 141
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “mören”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 260