тэр

See also: тёр

Mongolian

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠲᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ (ter-e, “that”), from Middle Mongol ᠲᠡᠷᠡ (tere) and ᠲᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ (ter-e, “that”), from Proto-Mongolic *tere (“that”). Cognate with Buryat тэрэ (tere, “that”), Kalmyk тер (ter, “that; he, she, it”), Dongxiang tere, etc.

Replaced original ᠢ (i, compare Daur ing) for sense ‘he, she, it’ as the third-person singular pronoun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰer̥/
• Syllabification: тэр (1 syllable)

Determiner

тэр • (ter) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠡᠷᠡ (tere))

1. that

Pronoun

тэр • (ter) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠡᠷᠡ (tere))

1. that
2. he, she, it

See also

• тэнд (tend, “there”)
• тийм (tiim, “thus”)
• энэ (ene, “this”)

Mongolian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		би (bi)	бид (bid)
2nd person	familiar	чи (či)	та нар (ta nar), таануус (taanuus)
	polite	та (ta)
3rd person		тэр (ter)	(over there) тэд (ted), тэд нар (ted nar); (over here) эд (ed), эд нар (ed nar)