хайр

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kaïra a variant of *kaïran (“mercy”) found in Central Mongolic languages, thus a Template:etymtwim.

Compare East Yugur xairan, Kalmyk хәәр (xäär).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xair/

Noun

хайр • (xajr) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ (qayir-a)); (regular declension)

1. love
2. pity, sympathy
3. mercy

Derived terms

• хайрлах (xajrlax, “to love, to pity”)