хэл

Mongolian

Etymology 1

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠬᠡᠯᠡ (kele)	хэл (xel)

From Classical Mongolian ᠬᠡᠯᠡ (kele), from Middle Mongol [script needed] (kälän), from Proto-Mongolic *kälä-n. Cognate with Buryat хэлэн (xelen), Kalmyk келн (keln), Dongxiang kielien, etc.

Pronunciation

(Khalkha, Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /ˈxeɮ/, [xe̝ɮ]
(Chakhar, Zhenglan Banner) IPA^(key): /xəl/, [xəl]

Noun

хэл • (xel)

tongue
language
монгол хэл ― mongol xel ― the Mongolian language

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

хэл шинжлэл (xel šinžlel)

Related terms

хэлэх (xelex)

Etymology 2

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠬᠡᠯᠡ (kele)	хэл (xel)

Pronunciation

(Khalkha, Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /ˈxeɮ/, [xe̝ɮ]
(Chakhar, Zhenglan Banner) IPA^(key): /xəl/, [xəl]

Verb

хэл • (xel)

imperative of хэлэх (xelex, “to say”)

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