хирс

Mongolian

Etymology

Unknown, sometimes compared with Chinese 麒麟 (qílín).

Found in Yuan-era Middle Mongol glossary as 克兒四 (/⁠kers⁠/, “rhinoceros, unicorn”), but not present in modern languages other than Mongolian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xirs/

Noun

хирс • (xirs) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠡᠷᠢᠰ (keris)); (regular declension)

  1. rhinoceros

See also

  • билигт гөрөөс (biligt göröös), хилэн (xilen, “unicorn, qilin”)

Tajik

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas
    Proto-Iranian *Hŕ̥šah
    Old Persian *r̥šah
    Classical Persian خِرْس (xirs)
    Tajik хирс (xirs)

    Inherited from Classical Persian خِرْس (xirs).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /xirs/, [χiɹs]

    Noun

    хирс • (xirs) (Persian spelling خرس)

    1. bear

    Yagnobi

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos
      Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas
      Proto-Iranian *Hŕ̥šah
      Old Persian *r̥šah
      Classical Persian خِرْس (xirs)
      Tajik хирс (xirs)bor.
      Yagnobi хирс (xirs)

      Borrowed from Tajik хирс (xirs), from Classical Persian خِرْس (xirs), from Old Persian *r̥šah, from Proto-Iranian *Hŕ̥šah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos.

      Noun

      хирс (xirs)

      1. bear
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