хязгаар

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kïjaxar, likely from Proto-Turkic *kïdïg or otherwise related in some manner.

Spurious -г- (-g-) is due to a spelling pronunciation of Classical Mongolian.

Compare Dongxiang ghizha, ghizhira, Turkish kıyı (“coast shore”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xʲat͡sɢar/

Noun

хязгаар • (hjazgaar) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠢᠵᠠᠭᠠᠷ (qiǰaɣar)); (regular declension )

  1. edge, rim
  2. border (between countries)
    Synonym: хил (hil)
  3. frontier, borderland
  4. (mathematics) limit
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