торһн

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Kalmyk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *torga, from Proto-Turkic *torku. Cognate with Mongolian торго (torgo).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

торһн (torğn) (Clear script spelling ᡐᡆᠷᡎᡆᠨ (torɣon))

  1. silk (fabric)
  2. piece of silky fabric
    1. (by extension) handkerchief made out of silk
      • Ээҗин дун”:
        Намчта торһнь кииснә.
        Namçta torğnʹ kiisnä.
        The ornamented silky handkerchief is flying.

References[edit]

  • A. Pozdneev (1911) “торһн”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 331