ᠰᠤᠮᠤ

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠰᠤᠮᠤ
(sumu)
сум
(sum)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sumun (arrow), compare Dongxiang sumu.

The sense 'district' arose during the Qing dynasty as a calque of Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, a large arrow, militia company, district).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ᠰᠤᠮᠤ • (sumu)

  1. arrow, projectile, bullet
  2. sum (sometimes somon, sumon or sumu) (the second-level civil administrative unit in the Mongolian governance system)

Descendants

  • Buryat: сомон (somon)
    • Russian: сомон (somon)
  • English: sum
  • Mandarin: 蘇木苏木 (sūmù)
  • Tuvan: сумон (sumon)
    • Russian: сумон (sumon)

See also

References

  1. Christopher P. Atwood (2004) Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol empire, New York: Facts on File, Inc, page 523
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