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, Turkish saymak (“to count, regard”), san (“reputation”), sanmak (“to suppose, reckon”), Kyrgyz саноо (sanoo, “to count”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
санах • (sanax) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠠᠨᠠᠬᠤ (sanaqu))
- to think (to contemplate, to hold a belief)
- to expect, preconceive (to have a previous apprehension of)
- to consider (to view as)
- to intend, to plan
- (after a clause with гэж) to mean to, to intend to
- to remember (to keep in memory, to recall)
- 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”)
- санал (sanal, “idea”)
- санагдах (sanagdax, “to seem”)
- санамж (sanamž, “remark”)
- сануулах (sanuulax, “to remind”)
- санамсаргүй (sanamsargüj, “random”)