хайлмаг

Mongolian

Etymology

хайлах (xajlax, “to melt”) +‎ -маг (-mag). The noun is perhaps a phono-semantic match of a Turkic word. Compare Kazakh қаймақ (qaimaq), Turkish kaymak.

Pronunciation

Adjective

хайлмаг • (xajlmag) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠯᠤᠮᠠᠭ (qayilumag))

  1. molten

Noun

хайлмаг • (xajlmag) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠯᠤᠮᠠᠭ (qayilumag))

  1. a kind of dessert prepared from sweetened, caramelized cream

See also

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