ᠱᠠᠹᠠ

Mongolian

Alternative forms

ᠰᠣᠹᠠ (sofa) (Mongolia), Cyrillic spelling софа (sofa)

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 沙發／沙发 (shāfā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃafa/

Noun

ᠱᠠᠹᠠ • (šafa) (Cyrillic spelling шафа (šafa))

(China) sofa
Synonyms: ᠪᠤᠶᠢᠳᠠᠩ (buyidaŋ), ᠳ᠋ᠢᠸᠠᠨ (diwan)

Further reading

“ᠱᠠᠹᠠ”, in 蒙汉词典 [Mongolian-Chinese Dictionary]‎ (in Chinese), rev. and enl. edition, Hohhot: Inner Mongolia University Press, 1999, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 979 - via Tohuku University Mongol and Manchu Project by Hitoshi Kuribayashi (usage instructions)

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