зурач

Kalmyk

Etymology

By surface analysis, зурх (zurx) +‎ -ч (-ç). Cognate with Mongolian зураач (zuraač).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuraːˈt͡ɕə/

Noun

зурач • (zuraç) (Clear script spelling ᠴᡇᠷᠠᡃᡔᡅ (zurāci), plural зурачнр)

1. artist, painter

References

• A. Pozdneev (1911) “зурач”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 272
• Этимологический словарь монгольских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Mongolian Languages] (in Russian), Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2015