аймаг

Buryat

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Mongol [Term?].

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

compound nouns
  • аймаг айл (ajmag ajl)
  • аймаг бүлэ (ajmag büle)
  • аймаг зон (ajmag zon)
  • аймаг түрэ (ajmag türe)
  • аймаг түрэл (ajmag türel)
  • аймаг түрэл зон (ajmag türel zon)
verbs
  • аймаглаха (ajmaglaxa)

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠠᠶᠢᠮᠠᠭ
(ayimag)
аймаг
(ajmag)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æː.mək̠/

Noun

аймаг • (ajmag)

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

Declension

Synonyms

  • (league): чуулган (čuulgan) (historical)

See also

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