худалдах

From Proto-Mongolic *kudaldu-, possibly somehow related through borrowing of inheritance with Proto-Tungusic *xuda-.

Compare Dongxiang ghudandu, Manchu ᡠᡩᠠᠮᠪᡳ (udambi, “to buy”), Nanai хода (“price”).

The element *-ldu-, is the ancestor of the cooperative in -лдах (-ldah).

• IPA^(key): /xʊtəɮtəx/

худалдах • (hudaldah) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤᠳᠠᠯᠳᠤᠬᠤ (qudalduqu), passive худалдагдах)

1. to trade

   Synonym: аралжих (aralžih)

2. to sell

   Antonyms: худалдаж авах (hudaldaž avah), авах (avah)

3. to betray, to sell out

• (?) худ (hud, “relatives by marriage of children”)
• (?) худал (hudal, “lie”)

• худалдаа (hudaldaa, “trade, commerce”)