тахиа
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *takïxa, probably a loan from Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu or otherwise related.
Compare Dongxiang tiigha, Turkish tavuk.
Pronunciation
Noun
тахиа • (taxia) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠠᠬᠢᠶᠠ (takiy-a), definite plural тахианууд); (hidden-n declension)
- chicken (domestic fowl of any age)
- (astrology) year of the rooster, the twelfth year under the twelve-year lunar cycle.