толь бичиг
Mongolian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠣᠯᠢ
ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ (toli bičig, “dictionary”, literally “mirror book”), which was both a semantic loan from Literary Chinese 鑑 (jiàn, “mirror; dictionary”), and a calque of Manchu ᠪᡠᠯᡝᡴᡠ
ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ (buleku bithe, “dictionary”, literally “mirror book”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Mongolia Khalkh) IPA(key): [tʰœɮ pi.ʰt͡ʃɪ̆k]
- Hyphenation: толь би‧чиг
Noun
[edit]- (countable) dictionary, vocabulary
- Synonym: толь (tolʹ) (head omitted)
Declension
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