балархай

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠪᠠᠯᠠᠷᠬᠠᠢ
(balarqai)
балархай
(balarxaj)

Etymology

From балар (balar) +‎ -хай (-xaj).

Pronunciation

Adjective

балархай • (balarxaj)

  1. vague; indistinct; obscure
  2. imperceptible
  3. illegible
  4. (grammar, phonetics, of a vowel) reduced; weak

Further reading

  • балархай”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
  • Большой академический монгольско–русский словарь в четырех томах [Great Academic Mongolian–Russian Dictionary in four volumes] (in Russian), Institute of Language and Literature of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences & Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001