тахиа

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *takïxa, probably a loan from Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu or otherwise related.

Compare Dongxiang tiigha, Turkish tavuk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʰaxʲa/

Noun

тахиа • (tahia) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠠᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ (taqiy-a), plural тахианууд); (hidden-n declension )

  1. chicken (domestic fowl of any age)
  2. (astrology) year of the rooster, the twelfth year under the twelve-year lunar cycle.

Hyponyms
  • Mongolian:Chickens
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