мөөг

See also: moor, and Moor

Mongolian

Etymology

From Chinese 蘑菇 (mógu, “mushroom”). Cognate with Manchu ᠮᡝᡤᡠ (megu) and Uyghur موگۇ (mogu).

Noun

мөөг • (möög) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠥᠭᠦ (mögü))

1. mushroom, fungus

   Дэлхий дээр 70 мянга гаруй мөөг байдаг.

   Delxii deer 70 mjanga garuj möög bajdag.

   There are over 70,000 species of mushrooms in nature.

References

• Этимологический словарь монгольских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Mongolian Languages] (in Russian), Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2015