эмэгтэй

Mongolian

Etymology 1
MongolianCyrillic
ᠡᠮᠡᠭᠲᠡᠢ
(emeɣtei)		эмэгтэй
(emegtej)

Morphologically the same as the second etymology, but the development of meaning is unclear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [e̝.mɘ̝̆x.tʰeː]
  • Hyphenation: э‧мэг‧тэй

Noun

эмэгтэй • (emegtej) (definite plural эмэгтэйчүүд or эмэгтэйчүүл)

  1. woman (a female person)
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2
MongolianCyrillic
ᠡᠮᠡᠭᠡ
ᠲᠡᠢ
(emege tei)		эмэгтэй
(emegtej)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [e̝.mɘ̝̆x.tʰeː]
  • Hyphenation: э‧мэг‧тэй

Noun

эмэгтэй • (emegtej)

  1. comitative of эмэг (emeg, “grandma”)
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