ꡛꡃ ꡛꡘ

Middle Mongol

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

Noun

ꡛꡃ
ꡛꡘ (sŋ-sr /saŋsar/)[n 1]

  1. (hapax legomenon) cosmos

Descendants

  • Classical Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠨᠰᠠᠷ (sansar)

Notes

  1. ^ attested as [ꡛ]ꡃ
    ꡛꡘ     ([s]ŋ-sr)

Further reading

  • D. Tumurtogoo, editor (2010), Mongolian monuments in ʾPhags-pa script (Language and Linguistics monograph series; 42), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 189
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