цөл

Kalmyk

Noun

цөл • (tsöl)

desert (barren area)

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *cöl, compare Buryat сүл (sül). Borrowing from Proto-Turkic *čöl (“steppe, desert”), compare Turkish çöl.

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /t͡sʰoɮ/, [t͡sʰʊɮ]

Noun

цөл • (cöl) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠥᠯ (čöl)); (regular declension)

desert (an extremely dry area of land hostile to animal and plant life)

Derived terms

цөлжих (cölžix, “to desertify”)

See also

хээр (xeer, “wasteland”)

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