хальмг

Kalmyk

Etymology

From Written Oirat ᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ (xalimag), an exonym ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kiāl-mak (“to stay behind”, literally “those who stayed behind”). Compare also Buryat хальмаг (xalʹmag), Mongolian халимаг (xalimag); Khakas халмах (xalmax), Siberian Tatar ҡалмаҡ (qalmaq), Kazakh қалмақ (qalmaq), Bashkir ҡалмаҡ (qalmaq), Turkish kalmak etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χalʲˈmək/
• Hyphenation: халь‧мг

Noun

хальмг • (xalʹmg) (Clear script spelling ᡍᠠᠯᡅᡏᠠᡎ (xalimag), plural хальмгуд)

1. Kalmyk (person)
   1. (attributive) Kalmyk

      хальмг келн ― xalʹmg keln ― the Kalmyk language

      Хальмг Таңһч ― Xalʹmg Tañğç ― Kalmykia

Synonyms

• өөрд (öörd, “Oirat”)

Hyponyms

• бузав (buzav)
• дөрвд (dörvd)
• торһуд (torğud)
• хошуд (xoşud)
• хөөд (xööd)