хайр

Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠬᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ (qayir-a)
Cyrillic
хайр (xajr)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kaïra a variant of *kaïran (“mercy”) found in Central Mongolic languages, thus a doublet of хайран (xajran, “poor”, interjection).

Compare East Yugur xairan, Kalmyk хәәр (xäär).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χæːr/

Noun

хайр • (xajr)

1. love
2. pity, sympathy
3. mercy

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• хайрлах (xajrlax, “to love, to pity”)
• хайрт (xajrt)
• хайртай (xajrtaj)
• хайртах (xajrtax)