нуур

See also: нүүр

Mongolian

Ulaagchinii Khar lake in Zavkhan Province.

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *naxur, compare Daur naur, Dongxiang no, noer.

Maybe related to Evenki ня̄рут (ņārut, “lake, swamp”), Manchu ᠨᠣᡵᠣ (noro, “swamp”) and Korean 내 (nae, “brook, stream”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nʊːr/

Noun

нуур • (nuur) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (naɣur), plural нуурууд); (mixed declension )

lake

Derived terms

нуурлах (nuurlah, “to form a lake, to come to a lake”), Хөх нуур (Höh nuur, “Qinghai Lake”)

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