толь бичиг

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Mongolian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠣᠯᠢ
ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ
(toli bičig, dictionary, literally mirror book), which was both a semantic loan from Literary Chinese (jiàn, mirror; dictionary), and a calque of Manchu ᠪᡠᠯᡝᡴᡠ
ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ
(buleku bithe, dictionary, literally mirror book).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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толь бичиг (tolʹ bičig)

  1. (countable) dictionary, vocabulary
    Synonym: толь (tolʹ) (head omitted)

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.