бичих

Mongolian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *bici-, which was borrowed from Proto-Turkic *biti-, ultimately from Middle Chinese (pit, writing brush). Compare Buryat бэшэхэ (bešexe), Kalmyk бичх (biçx).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pi.ʰt͡ʃɪ̆x̟]
  • Hyphenation: би‧чих

Noun

бичих • (bičix) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠬᠦ (bičikü))

  1. writing

Verb

бичих • (bičix) (past tense бичсэн, negative past tense бичээгүй, imperative бич)

  1. to write, record, brush, scribe, author, compose, mark down, mark up, note, pen, inscribe