мэӈэн

Even

Etymology

Borrowed from a Mongolic language, from Proto-Mongolic *meŋgün. Compare Buryat мүнгэн (müngen) and Mongolian мөнгө (möngö).

Cognates include Evenki мэӈун (məŋun).

Noun

мэӈэн (məŋən)

  1. silver
  2. coins, money, banknotes

References

  • A. A. Petrov, V. S. Fedorenkova, editors (2017), Эвенско-русский и русско-эвенский словарь [Even-Russian and Russian-Even dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Saint-Petersburg: Издательство РГПУ им. А.И. Герцена, →ISBN, page 54
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