морь

See also: моръ

Mongolian

Etymology

Compare Manchu ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ (morin, “horse”), Japanese 馬 (uma, “horse”), Ainu ウンマ (umma, “horse”), Korean 말 (mal, “horse”), Thai ม้า (máa, “horse”), Mandarin 馬 (mă, “horse”), Vietnamese ngựa (“horse”), and Proto-Indo-European *marḱ- (“horse”) and descendants such as Irish marc (“horse”, archaic) or English mare (“female horse”). More at *marḱ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

морь • (morʹ) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠣᠷᠢ (mori)); (hidden-n declension )

  1. horse
    Synonym: адуу (aduu)
  2. a grown gelding (castrated horse)
  3. (in compounds) big
  4. (chess) knight

Derived terms

See also
Chess pieces in Mongolian · шатрын дүрс (šatryn dürs) (layout · text)
ноён (nojon) бэрс (bers) тэрэг (tereg) тэмээ (temee) морь (morʹ) хүү (hüü)
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