орон

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *oran, a borrowing from Proto-Turkic *orun. Originally the same word as ор (or), only with the unstable n generalized to all cases.

Compare Dongxiang oron, Kazakh орын (orın).

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /ɔrəŋ/, [ˈɔ̙ɾɞ̙ɴ]

Noun

орон • (oron) (Mongolian spelling ᠣᠷᠤᠨ (orun), plural орнууд); (regular declension )

place
country, territory
home, dwelling, apartment
station, office, position
role, purpose, stead
миний оронд
minij orond
instead of me
institution, center
digit (numeral)
(obsolete, grammar) case
(algebra, physics) field

Declension

declension of орон


nominative	орон (oron)
genitive	орны (orny)
dative-locative	оронд (orond)
accusative	орныг (ornyg)
ablative	орноос (ornoos)
instrumental	орноор (ornoor)
comitative	оронтой (orontoj)
directional	орон руу (oron ruu)

Synonyms

(place, country): газар (gazar), нутаг (nutag), гүрэн (güren)
(home): гэр (ger), байр (bajr)
(case): тийн ялгал (tijn jalgal)

Derived terms

орлох (orloh, “to replace”)
бурхны орон (burhny oron, “paradise”)
орон шорон (oron šoron, “prison”)

Nanai

Noun

оро̄н (orōn)

reindeer

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *orun (“place”), possibly re-borrowed through Mongolic, compare Mongolian ор (or, “bed”).

Cognate with Bashkir урын (urïn, “place; bed”).

Noun

орон • (oron)

bed

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