тэмээ

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Mongolian[edit]

MongolianCyrillic
ᠲᠡᠮᠡᠭᠡ
(temege)
тэмээ
(temee)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mongolic *temexen, a borrowing from Proto-Turkic *tebe. Compare Buryat тэмээн (temeen), Kalmyk темән (temän), Mongghul timeen, Turkish deve.

a camel at Naadam

The sense 'bishop' is unique to Mongolian (and Kalmyk), and probably represents an adaptation of the Persian version where the bishop is called 'elephant'.

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Noun[edit]

тэмээ (temee) (Mongolian spelling); (hidden-n declension)

  1. camel
  2. (chess) bishop
  3. (Shagai) one of four sides of the ankle bone dice used in Monglian folk games

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Chess pieces in Mongolian · шатрын дүрс (šatryn dürs) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
ноён (nojon) бэрс (bers) тэрэг (tereg) тэмээ (temee) морь (morʹ) хүү (xüü)