хайр

Mongolian

Mongolian
ᠬᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ
(qayir-a)
Cyrillic
хайр
(xajr)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kaïra a variant of *kaïran (mercy) found in Central Mongolic languages, thus a doublet of хайран (xajran, poor, interjection).

Compare East Yugur xairan, Kalmyk хәәр (xäär).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χæːr/

Noun

хайр • (xajr)

  1. love
  2. pity, sympathy
  3. mercy

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • хайрлах (xajrlax, to love, to pity)
  • хайрт (xajrt)
  • хайртай (xajrtaj)
  • хайртах (xajrtax)
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