тэнгис

тэнгис • (tengis)

1. sea

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠡᠩᠭᠢᠰ᠋ (tenggis, “a lake”), from Middle Mongol 騰汲思 (/⁠teŋgis⁠/), from Proto-Common Turkic *teŋiz, from Proto-Turkic *teŋiŕ. Doublet of Чингис (Čingis, “Genghis”). Compare Buryat тэнгис (tengis), Kalmyk теңгс (teñgs); Kazakh теңіз (teñız, “a sea”), Uzbek dengiz (“a sea”), Turkish deniz (“a sea”); Manchu ᡨᡝᠩᡤᡳᠨ (tenggin, “a lake”); etc.

тэнгис • (tengis)

1. a sea

   Synonym: далай (dalaj)

   Япон тэнгис ― Japon tengis ― the Sea of Japan

   Хар тэнгис ― Xar tengis ― the Black Sea

   Газар дундын тэнгис ― Gazar dundyn tengis ― the Mediterranean Sea

2. a lake

   Synonym: нуур (nuur)