Mongolian

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Mongolian
ᠲᠦᠮᠡ
(tüme)
Cyrillic
түм
(tüm)
Mongolian numbers (edit)
 ←  10  ←  1,000 10,000 100,000  →  10,000,000 (107)  → 
    Cardinal: түм (tüm)
    Attributive: түмэн (tümen)
    Ordinal: түмдүгээр (tümdügeer), түм дэх (tüm dex)
    Adverbial: түмэнтээ (tümentee)
    Approximative: түмээд (tümeed)
    Collective: түмүүл (tümüül)
    Maximative: түмээр (tümeer)

Etymology

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  • Derived from Proto-Turkic *tümen
    • Proto-Mongolic: *tümen[1][2]
      • Middle Mongol: ᠲᠦᠮᠡᠨ (tümen, ten thousand)
        • Mongolian: түм (tüm)

Cognate with Khalkha Mongolian ᠲᠦᠮᠡ (tüme).

Possibly cognate with Turkic languages Kyrgyz түмөн (tümön, ten thousand), Southern Altai тӱмен (tümen, ten thousand), Yakut түмэн (tümen, ten thousand), etc. and Tungusic languages Manchu ᡨᡠᠮᡝᠨ (tumen) and Jurchen tumәn (Jurchen script:  )

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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түм (tüm)

  1. ten thousand

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 527
  2. ^ Sanžejev, G. D., Orlovskaja, M. N., Ševernina, Z. V. (2015–) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 187
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tümen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 504

Yakut

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tüm. Compare Mongolian түм (tüm, myriad, ten thousand), Turkish tüm (entire, all).

Verb

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түм (tüm)

  1. (transitive) to tie
    See synonyms at баай (baay).
  2. to collect, to gather, to unite
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    See synonyms at холбоо (qolboo).
  3. to summarize, to sum up (compare English tie up loose ends)

Derived terms

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