хоолой

Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠬᠣᠭᠤᠯᠠᠶ (qoɣulay)
Cyrillic
хоолой (xooloj)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *koxalaï (“throat”).

Noun

хоолой • (xooloj)

1. larynx, throat, gullet, gizzard
2. voice, tune

Derived terms

• хялгасан хоолой (xjalgasan xooloj, “capillary”)

See also

• багалзуур (bagalzuur)

References

• “хоолой”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present