хярс

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Mongolian

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Etymology

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Cognate with late Middle Mongol (kirsa), Kalmyk кирс (kirs).

No doubt related through borrowing or inheritance with Common Turkic *karsak (corsac fox), compare Kazakh қарсақ (qarsaq), but the differences between the two forms are hard to explain.

Another potential cognate is Proto-Tungusic *karsa (marten), see Manchu ᡥᠠᡵᠰᠠ (harsa).

Pronunciation

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(Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /xʲars/, [çars]

Noun

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хярс (xjars) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠢᠷᠰᠠ (kirsa))

  1. corsac fox
    Synonym: хярс үнэг (xjars üneg)

See also

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