ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ

Middle Mongol

MongolianʼPhags-paHanzi
ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ

ꡗꡞ
荅来

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai)

  1. sea

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Buryat: далай (dalaj)
  • Classical Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai)
  • Written Oirat: ᡑᠠᠯᠠᡅ (dalai)

Further reading

  • “Mongolische Texte”, in Digitales Turfan-Archiv[1] (in German), (Can we date this quote?)

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ
(dalai)
далай
(dalaj)

Noun

ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ • (dalai)

  1. ocean
  2. brine, deep
  3. dereliction
  4. outing
  5. surge