наадам

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠨᠠᠭᠠᠳᠤᠮ (naɣadum)	наадам (naadam)

Etymology

By surface analysis, наад- (naad-, “to play”) +‎ -м (-m). Compare also the Tuvan loan наадым (naadım).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [näː.tɜ̆m]
• Hyphenation: наа‧дам

Noun

наадам • (naadam)

1. Traditional Mongolian festival of Mongolian wrestling, archery, and horse racing
2. game, celebration

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• галын наадам (galyn naadam)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 那達慕 / 那达慕 (nàdámù)