заазуур

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠵᠤᠤᠷ
(ǰaɣaǰuur)
заазуур
(zaazuur)

Alternative forms

  • заадуур (zaaduur)

Etymology

From Chinese 鍘刀兒铡刀儿 (zhá​dāor, hand-held fodder chopper) with erhua. Originally заадуур (zaaduur), The 'д' in the second syllable likely shifted to 'з' under influence of the first syllable.

Pronunciation

Noun

заазуур (zaazuur)

  1. cleaver, chopper
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