ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ

Classical Mongolian

Etymology

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Proper noun

ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ (seleŋge)

1. Selenga (river)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• ᠰᠡᠯᠢᠩᠭᠡ (seliŋge), ᠴᠡᠯᠢᠩᠭᠡ (čeliŋge) — Buryat manuscripts

Descendants

• > Mongolian: (inherited)

  Mongolian script: ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ (seleŋge)

  Cyrillic script: Сэлэнгэ (Selenge)

• → Manchu: ᠰᡝᠯᡝᠩᡤᡝ (selengge)
  • Chinese: 色楞額／色楞额, 色楞格 (Sèlénggé) (via Mandarin)
• → Middle Russian: Селенга (Selenga)
  • > Russian: Селенга́ f inan (Selengá) (inherited)
    • → English: → Selenga (transliteration)