тахиа

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *takïxa, probably a loan from Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu or otherwise related.

Compare Dongxiang tiigha, Turkish tavuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰaxʲa/

Noun

тахиа • (taxia) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠠᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ (takiy-a), definite plural тахианууд); (hidden-n declension)

1. chicken (domestic fowl of any age)
2. (astrology) year of the rooster, the twelfth year under the twelve-year lunar cycle.

Hyponyms

• Mongolian:Chickens