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гэр

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See also: гер

Buryat

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic: compare Mongolian гэр (ger), Kalmyk гер (ger).

Also compared to Proto-Turkic *yūrt (yurt, dwelling, home). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡer/, [ɡɤr]
  • Hyphenation: гэр

Noun

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гэр (ger) (Mongolian script ᠭᠡᠷ)

  1. yurt, ger
  2. house

Mongolian

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Etymology 1

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠭᠡᠷ
(ger)
гэр
(ger)
  1. From Classical Mongolian ᠭᠡᠷ (ger), from Middle Mongol [Term?], from Proto-Mongolic *ger. Cognate with Buryat гэр (ger), Khamnigan Mongol гэр (ger), Kalmyk гер (ger), etc.
  2. Could it also be related to Tibetan གུར (gur) and Proto-Turkic *kerekü (a type of yurt)? (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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гэр (ger)

  1. yurt, ger
  2. house
Declension
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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  • хар гэр (xar ger, jail, prison, literally black house)

Etymology 2

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠭᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ
(ger-e)
гэр
(ger)

Noun

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гэр (ger)

  1. (dated) light
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