заазуур

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠵᠤᠤᠷ
(ǰaɣaǰuur)
заазуур
(zaazuur)

Alternative forms

  • заадуур (zaaduur)

Etymology

From Chinese 鍘刀兒铡刀儿 (zhá​dāor, hand-held fodder chopper) with erhua. Originally заадуур (zaaduur), The 'д' in the second syllable likely shifted to 'з' under influence of the first syllable.

Pronunciation

Noun

заазуур • (zaazuur)

  1. cleaver, chopper
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