зурах

From Proto-Mongolic *jïru, with pre-breaking found in all modern languages. Perhaps related to Proto-Turkic *jaŕ- (“to write”), Proto-Turkic *čɨŕ- (“to draw”) or Proto-Tungusic *ńiru- (“to write”).

Compare Mangghuer zhuru (“to write”), Middle Mongolian جیروقسان‎ (jiruqsan, “drawn”), Turkish yazmak, Turkish çizmek, Nanai ниру-.

зурах • (zurah) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠢᠷᠤᠬᠤ (ǰiruqu), causative зуруулах, passive зурагдах)

1. to draw (produce a picture)
2. to write

   Synonym: бичих (bičih)

3. to streak (draw a line with a sharp object)

• зураг (zurag, “picture”)
• зураас (zuraas, “nick, line”)