өвр

Kalmyk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /øˈwər/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *ebür. Cognate with Mongolian өвөр (övör) and Buryat үбэр (über).

Noun

өвр • (övr) (Clear script spelling ᡈᡋᡈᠷ (öbör))

  1. bosom
    • “Мордсн күүкнд нерәдсн дун”:
      Сәәхн заӊгта ээҗиннь, // Өвр деернь өсләв.
      Sääxn zaӊgta eejinnʹ, // Övr deernʹ ösläv.
      I grew up in the bosom of my good-tempered mother.
  2. (rare) southern or sunny side of a slope
Derived terms
  • Өвр Моңһл (Övr Moñğl)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mongolic *eber. Cognate with Mongolian эвэр (ever), Buryat эбэр (eber).

Noun

өвр • (övr) (Clear script spelling ᡄᡋᡉᠷ (ebür))

  1. horn

References
  • Этимологический словарь монгольских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Mongolian Languages] (in Russian), Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2015
  • A. Pozdneev (1911) “өвр”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук
  • Хабунова Е.Э., editor (2018), Хуучн үгд худл уга: кеерин хураңһу материал, Элиста: ЗАОр «НПП «Джангар», page 348
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