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өнгө

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Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠥᠩᠭᠡ
(öngge)
өнгө
(öngö)

Etymology

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From Classical Mongolian ᠥᠩᠭᠡ (öngge), from Middle Mongol ᠥᠩᠭᠡ (öngge), from Proto-Mongolic *öŋ-ge, from Proto-Turkic *öŋ. Within the Mongolic family, cognate with Buryat үнгэ (ünge), Kalmyk өңг (öñg), Daur unggw (color, facial expression), Dongxiang ungie (face, countenance, color), etc. For Turkic cognates, compare also Old Uyghur [script needed] (öŋ, color), Kazakh өң (öñ, face, shape, color), Yakut өҥ (öñ, color).

The lust sense is derived after Chinese ().

Pronunciation

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Noun

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өнгө (öngö); (regular declension)

  1. color
  2. outside, exterior
  3. appearance, look
    Synonym: үзэмж (üzemž)
  4. countenance, complexion (appearance of the face)
    Synonyms: царай (caraj), зүс (züs)
  5. (figuratively) character, quality
    Synonyms: төлөв (tölöv), шинж (šinž)
  6. (Music) timbre
  7. (figuratively) lust, debauchery

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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Colors in Mongolian · өнгө (öngö) (layout · text)
     цагаан (cagaan)      саарал (saaral)      хар (xar)
             улаан (ulaan); хүрэн улаан (xüren ulaan)              улбар шар (ulbar šar); бор (bor), хүрэн (xüren)              шар (šar); хул (xul),
цайвар шар (cajvar šar)
             цайвар ногоон (cajvar nogoon)              ногоон (nogoon)             
             цэнхэр (cenxer); номин ногоон (nomin nogoon)              номин (nomin)              хөх (xöx)
             нил (nil); индиго (indigo)              улаан ягаан (ulaan jagaan); час улаан (čas ulaan)              ягаан (jagaan)