тахиа

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Mongolian

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Etymology 1

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠲᠠᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ
(takiy-a)
тахиа
(taxia)
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From Classical Mongolian ᠲᠠᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ (takiy-a), from Proto-Mongolic *takïxa, probably a loan from Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu or otherwise related. Compare Proto-Tungusic *tiake (hen) and Manchu ᠴᠣᡴᠣ (coko, chicken). Cognate with Buryat тахяа (taxjaa), Kalmyk така (taka), Dongxiang tegha, Khitan 𘰺𘯛𘯺 (*t qo a).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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тахиа (taxia) (definite plural тахианууд); (hidden-n declension)

  1. chicken (domestic fowl of any age)
  2. (astrology) year of the rooster, the twelfth year under the twelve-year lunar cycle.
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Etymology 2

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠲᠠᠬᠢ ᠪᠠᠨ
(taki-ban)
тахиа
(taxia)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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тахиа (taxia)

  1. reflexive possessive form of the nominative singular of тахь (taxʹ)