ᠰᠤᠮᠤ

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”), compare Dongxiang sumu.

The sense 'district' arose during the Qing dynasty as a translation of Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”)[1].

Pronunciation

Noun

ᠰᠤᠮᠤ • (sumu) (Cyrillic spelling сум (sum))

  1. arrow, projectile, bullet
  2. district (the second-level civil administrative unit in the Mongolian governance system (under provinces))

Descendants

See also

References
  1. Christopher P. Atwood (2004) Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol empire, New York: Facts on File, Inc, page 523
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