иргэн

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠢᠷᠭᠡᠨ (irgen)	иргэн (irgen)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠢᠷᠭᠡᠨ (irgen), from Middle Mongol [Term?], Proto-Mongolic *irgen, compare Mogholi irgan (“people”).

Pronunciation

(Khalkh, Mongolia) IPA^(key): [ir.ɡɘ̝ŋ]
Hyphenation: ир‧гэн

Noun

иргэн • (irgen) (definite plural иргэд)

citizen
people
Synonym: ард (ard)
civilian (non-military person)
(historical) subject
(obsolete) country, state
Synonym: улс (uls)
(China) Chinese, Han
Synonym: хятад (xjatad)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

иргэнлэг (irgenleg)
иргэнших (irgenšix, “to become civilized”)
- иргэншил (irgenšil, “civilization”)
  - соёл иргэншил (sojol irgenšil, “civilization”)

References

“иргэн I”, “иргэн II”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

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