ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ

Middle Mongol

Mongolian	ʼPhags-pa	Hanzi
ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ	ꡈ ꡙ ꡗꡞ	荅来

Alternative forms

• دالای (dʾlʾy /⁠dalay⁠/) — Muqaddimat al-Adab

Etymology

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Noun

ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai)

1. sea

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Buryat: далай (dalaj)
• Classical Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai)
  • Mongolian: далай (dalaj)

    Mongolian script: ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai)

• Written Oirat: ᡑᠠᠯᠠᡅ (dalai)
  • Kalmyk: дала (dala)

Further reading

• “Mongolische Texte”, in Digitales Turfan-Archiv‎^[1] (in German), (Can we date this quote?)

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai)	далай (dalaj)

Noun

ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ • (dalai)

1. ocean
2. brine, deep
3. dereliction
4. outing
5. surge