мөнгө

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *meŋgün, compare Dongxiang miengu.

Perhaps related to Western Yugur menek (“money”), Arghu بَنَكْ (benek, “small copper coin”) identified by Clauson with Common Turkic *benek (“spot, speck, freckle”) from Persian بنک‎ (banak, “seed, pimple”) [1] (perhaps influenced by *beŋ (“birthmark”)). See Turkish benek.

Pronunciation

Noun

мөнгө • (möngö) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠥᠩᠭᠦ (mönggü))

  1. silver
  2. money

Derived terms

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 350
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