Сэлэнгэ

Buryat

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ (Selengge) or ᠰᠡᠯᠢᠩᠭᠡ (Selingge).

Initial sibilant С- (S-) had irregularly not debuccalised to Һ- (H-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.leŋ.ɡe/, [sʰɨ̞.lɤ̽ŋ.ɡɤ̞]
  • Hyphenation: Сэ‧лэн‧гэ

Proper noun

Сэлэнгэ • (Selenge)

  1. Selenga (river in Mongolia and Buryatia, Russia; flowing into the Lake Baikal)
    Сэлэнгэ мүрэн ― Selenge müren ― the Selenga River

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • Сэлэнгын степной дүүмэ (Selengyn stjepnoj düüme)
  • Сэлэндүүмэ (Selendüüme)
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