цурхай

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Mongolian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Buryat сурхай (surxaj) and Kalmyk цурх (tsurx). The suffix +‎ -хай (-xaj) is common in animal names while *cur- may be connected with (late attested) Proto-Turkic *čortan, see Bashkir суртан (surtan).

Noun[edit]

цурхай (curxaj); (regular declension)

  1. pike (fish)

Declension[edit]