цөл
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Kalmyk[edit]
Noun[edit]
цөл • (tsöl)
- desert (barren area)
Mongolian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mongolic *cöl, compare Buryat сүл (sül). Borrowing from Proto-Turkic *čöl (“steppe, desert”), compare Turkish çöl.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /t͡sʰoɮ/, [t͡sʰʊɮ]
Noun[edit]
цөл • (cöl) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠥᠯ (čöl)); (regular declension)
- desert (an extremely dry area of land hostile to animal and plant life)
Derived terms[edit]
- цөлжих (cölžix, “to desertify”)