дийлэх

Mongolian

Etymology

Cognate with Buryat диилэхэ (diilexe) and Kalmyk диилх (diilx) and also attested in a 14th-century Yuan dynasty Middle Mongol inscription as ᠳᠡᠶ᠋ᠢᠯᠡᠵᠤᠭᠤ (deyileǰuɣu), but missing in peripheral Mongolic languages.

Verb

дийлэх • (diilex) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠡᠶ᠋ᠢᠯᠬᠦ (deyilkü), passive дийлдэх or дийлэгдэх)

  1. to defeat, to win
    Synonym: ялах (jalax)
  2. to manage, to be able
  3. to overcome
    Synonym: туулах (tuulax)

Derived terms

  • (?) дийлэнх (diilenx, “majority”)
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