хязгаар

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kïjaxar, likely from Proto-Turkic *kïdïg or otherwise related in some manner.

Spurious -г- (-g-) is due to a spelling pronunciation of Classical Mongolian.

Compare Dongxiang ghizha, ghizhira, Turkish kıyı (“coast shore”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʲat͡sɢar/

Noun

хязгаар • (xjazgaar) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠢᠵᠠᠭᠠᠷ (kiǰaɣar)); (regular declension)

1. edge, rim
2. border (between countries)

   Synonym: хил (xil)

3. frontier, borderland
4. (mathematics) limit