солгой

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Mongolian[edit]

Mongolian
ᠰᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠢ
(soluɣai)
Cyrillic
солгой
(solgoj)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mongolic *solagaï. Compare Buryat hалгай (halgaj), as well as Kazakh солақай (solaqai, left-handed), Bashkir һулаҡай (hulaqay, left-handed), Azerbaijani solaxay (left-handed), Tuvan солагай (solagay, left, left-handed).

Possibly related to Proto-Turkic *sōl (left). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

солгой (solgoj)

  1. left-handed
  2. out of tune