Buryat

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Mongol [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • (Khori) IPA(key): /a͜i.maɢ/, [ɛː.mɐq˖]
  • Hyphenation: ай‧маг

Noun

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аймаг (ajmag) (??? please provide spelling!)

  1. (historical) tribe
  2. aimag, aimak (administrative division in Buryatia, equivalent to Russian raion)
    Synonym: район (rajon)
  3. aimag, aimak (administrative division in Mongolia)
  4. (biology) kingdom
    ургамалай аймагurgamalaj ajmagthe kingdom Plantae
    амитанай аймагamitanaj ajmagthe kingdom Animalia

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Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
(ayimag)
аймаг
(ajmag)
 
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Etymology

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From Classical Mongolian ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ (ayimag, tribe), from Middle Mongol [Term?] (tribe). Cognate with Buryat аймаг (ajmag), Kalmyk әәмг (äämg), Turkish oymak (Mongolic borrowing), etc.

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Noun

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аймаг (ajmag)

  1. tribe
  2. province (of Mongolia)
  3. league (of Inner Mongolia)
  4. district (of Buryatia)
  5. (biology) kingdom

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