балт

Mongolian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɮtʰ/
• Syllabification: балт (1 syllable)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠪᠠᠯᠲᠠ (balta) from Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠯᠲᠠ (balta) from Proto-Mongolic *balta, from Proto-Turkic *baltu. Cognate with Turkish balta. Cognate with Buryat балта (balta), Kalmyk балт (balt).

Noun

балт • (balt) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠠᠯᠲᠠ (balta))

1. battle axe
2. axe, hatchet

   Synonym: сүх (süx)

   алтан балт сүх ― altan balt süx ― golden axe

3. sledgehammer

Etymology 2

From бал (bal).

Adjective

балт • (balt) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠠᠯᠲᠤ (baltu))

1. honeyed, honey-bearing

Further reading

• Большой академический монгольско–русский словарь в четырех томах [Great Academic Mongolian–Russian Dictionary in four volumes] (in Russian), Institute of Language and Literature of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences & Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001, page 377
• “БАЛТ”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
• балт in Болор толь (Bolor tolʹ, “Bolor Dictionary”)