мөрөн

From Classical Mongolian ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ (mören, “big river”), from Middle Mongol ᠮᠦᠷᠡᠨ / 沐舌漣 (mürän, “river”), Proto-Mongolic *müren (“river, sea”). Cognate with Dongxiang moron, etc. Semantically compare to Chinese 江 (jiāng) and Manchu ᡠᠯᠠ (ula).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɵ.rɵŋ/, [mɵ́rʉɴ]
• Hyphenation: мө‧рөн

мөрөн • (mörön)

1. a big river flowing into a big lake or a sea

   Сэлэнгэ мөрөн ― Selenge mörön ― the Selenga River, flowing into Lake Baikal

   Хар мөрөн ― Xar mörön ― the Amur River, flowing into the Strait of Tartary (literally, “the Black River”)

   Шар мөрөн ― Šar mörön ― the Yellow River, flowing into the Bohai Sea

   Хөх мөрөн ― Xöx mörön ― the Yangtze River, flowing into the Yellow Sea (literally, “the Blue River”)

• гол (gol, “a river”)