торһн
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Kalmyk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *torga, from Proto-Turkic *torku. Cognate with Mongolian торго (torgo).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]торһн • (torğn) (Clear script spelling ᡐᡆᠷᡎᡆᠨ (torɣon))
- silk (fabric)
- piece of silky fabric
- (by extension) handkerchief made out of silk
- “Ээҗин дун”:
- Намчта торһнь кииснә.
- Namçta torğnʹ kiisnä.
- The ornamented silky handkerchief is flying.
- (by extension) handkerchief made out of silk
References
[edit]- A. Pozdneev (1911) “торһн”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 331