көглҗрһн

Kalmyk

Cyrillic	Clear Script
көглҗрһн (kögljrğn)	ᡍᡈᡎᡈᠯᠴᡅᠷᡎᡄᠨᡄ(kögöljirgene)

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably a borrowing from a Turkic language; see Ottoman Turkish گوگرجین (güğercin) for list of possible cognates. The final schwa is unpredictable and possibly arose from analogy of words denoting agricultural pests usually ending in schwa, compare бөкүн (bökün), батхн (batxn), чон (çon), all of which end in schwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kø.ɡəlʲ.d͡ʑərˈʁnə/, /kø.ɡəlʲ.d͡ʑərˈʁən/

Noun

көглҗрһн • (kögljrğn) (plural көглҗрһд)

1. dove, pidgeon

References

• A. Pozdneev (1911) “көглҗрһн”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 292a