нуур

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See also: нүүр

Mongolian

Ulaagchinii Khar lake in Zavkhan Province.

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *naxur, compare Daur naur, Dongxiang no, noer.

Maybe related to Evenki ня̄рут (ņārut, lake, swamp), Manchu ᠨᠣᡵᠣ (noro, swamp) and Korean (nae, brook, stream).

Pronunciation

Noun

нуур (nuur) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (naɣur), definite plural нуурууд); (mixed declension)

  1. lake

Derived terms