эгч

Kalmyk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ekˈtɕə/

Noun

эгч • (egç) (Clear script spelling ᡄᡎᡄᡔᡅ (egeci))

  1. (older) sister

References
  • A. Pozdneev (1911) “эгч”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 20

Mongolian
MongolianCyrillic
ᠡᠭᠡᠴᠢ
(egeči)		эгч
(egč)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *egeci, compare Dongxiang egvechi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [e̝xt͡ʃʰ]
  • Hyphenation: эгч

Noun

эгч • (egč); (regular declension)

  1. (older) sister
  2. (honorific) used to refer to females older than oneself

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Coordinate terms
  • охин дүү (oxin düü, “younger sister”)

Derived terms
  • авга эгч (avga egč, “paternal aunt”)
  • бэргэн эгч (bergen egč, “older brother’s wife”)
  • нагац эгч (nagac egč, “maternal aunt”)
  • эгч дүү (egč düü)
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