махн

Kalmyk

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махн (maxn)	ᡏᠠᡍᠠᠨ(maxan)

Etymology

From Written Oirat ᡏᠠᡍᠠᠨ (maxan) or ᡏᡅᡍᠠᠨ (mixan), from Proto-Mongolic *miqa-n (“meat”). Cognate with and Buryat мяхан (mjaxan), Mongolian мах (max), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈχn̩]
• Hyphenation: ма‧хн

Noun

махн • (maxn)

1. meat

   мах цусни төрл ― max tsusni törl ― blood relation

2. body

Derived terms

• һахан махн (ğaxan maxn, “pork”)
• мөрнә махн (mörnä maxn, “horseflesh”)
• такан махн (takan maxn, “chicken”)
• үкрә махн (ükrä maxn, “beef”)
• хөөнә махн (xöönä maxn, “mutton”)

 

Related terms

• махмуд (maxmud)