Байгал
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Buryat
[edit]Alternative scripts | |
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Classical Mongolian | ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠭᠠᠯ bayiɣal |
Latin (1931–1936)a | Baigal |
Latin (1937–1939)b |
Baigal |
Cyrillic | Байгал Bajgal |
a Based on the southern Tsongol–Sartul dialect. b Based on the eastern Khori dialect. |
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Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; possibly from Turkic *bāj-gȫl (‘rich lake’). Compare also Yakut байҕал (bayğal, “sea, ocean”) and Dolgan байгал (baygal, “sea, ocean”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Байгал • (Bajgal)
- Baikal (world’s largest freshwater lake by volume)
Declension
[edit]This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
See also
[edit]- Ойхон (Ojxon, “Olkhon Island”)