dzud

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mongolian зуд (zud)/ᠵᠤᠳ (ǰud).

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dzud (plural dzuds)

  1. An ecological crisis in the steppe-land of Mongolia and Central Asia causing loss of livestock, typically a summer drought followed by a severe winter.
    • 2010 April 7, Linda Pressly, “Mongolia on verge of mineral boom”, in BBC News[1], archived from the original on 29 April 2015:
      But the country [Mongolia] is currently experiencing a "dzud" – when a summer drought followed by a severe winter decimates the grazing areas.
    • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 3:
      Because migration distances are increasingly limited, people are increasingly vulnerable to various kinds of harsh winter or zud [] that can devastate herd populations and herder livelihoods.

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