санах

See also: санях

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sana-, from Proto-Turkic *sāna- (“to count, determine”) < *sān (“number, count”) or directly from *sān- (“to be counted, regarded”) all of which are ultimately derived from *sā- (“to think, count, consider”). Compare Dongxiang sana, Buryat һанаха (hanaxa).

Also compare Turkish saymak (“to count, regard”), san (“reputation”), sanmak (“to suppose, reckon”), Kyrgyz саноо (sanoo, “to count”).

Compare typologically Russian счита́ть (sčitátʹ), English count, reckon.

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /sanəx/, [ˈsanɐχ]

Verb

санах • (sanax) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠠᠨᠠᠬᠤ (sanaqu))

1. to think (to contemplate, to hold a belief)
2. to expect, preconceive (to have a previous apprehension of)
3. to consider (to view as)
4. to intend, to plan
5. (after a clause with гэж) to mean to, to intend to
6. to remember (to keep in memory, to recall)
7. to miss, to pine for

Synonyms

• (to think): бодох (bodox), сэтгэх (setgex), бодлогошрох (bodlogošrox)
• (to expect): төсөөлөх (tösöölöx)
• (to intend): зорих (zorix)
• (to remember): дурсах (dursax)
• (to miss): мөрөөдөх (möröödöx), хүсч мөрөөдөх (xüsč möröödöx)

Derived terms

• санаа (sanaa, “thought”)
• санагдах (sanagdax, “to seem”)
• санал (sanal, “idea”)
• санамж (sanamž, “remark”)
• санамсаргүй (sanamsargüj, “random”)
• сануулах (sanuulax, “to remind”)

Related terms

• тогтоох (togtoox, “to remember, to commit to memory”)