нохой

Buryat

Noun

нохой • (noxoj)

1. dog

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠨᠣᠬᠠᠢ (noqai)	нохой (noxoj)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠨᠣᠬᠠᠢ (noqai), from Middle Mongol ᠨ᠋ᠣᠬᠠᠢ (noqai), from Proto-Mongolic *nokaï, probably related to Xianbei 若干 (*ñaqañ) with further Para-Mongolic cognates.

Compare Kalmyk ноха (noxa), Dongxiang nogvei, Daur nogw, Para-Mongolic Khitan 𘰕𘯛 (*ń qo), 捏褐 (niehe), Tungusic Evenki некэ̄ (ņekə̄, “sable”), Jurchen nieha (“puppy, small dog”), Manchu ᠨᡳᠣᡥᡝ (niohe, “wolf”) and maybe Korean 너구리 (neoguri, “raccoon dog”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /nɔxɔi/, [nɔ̙ˈχɞe]

Noun

нохой • (noxoj) (definite plural ноход or нохос); (mixed declension)

1. dog
2. (taboo) wolf
3. (astrology) dog
4. (by extension) villain (sly, morally reprehensible person)
5. (in compounds) difficult, intricate

Derived terms

• нохой бөөс (noxoj böös)