худалдах
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *kudaldu-, possibly somehow related through borrowing of inheritance with Proto-Tungusic *xuda- and Proto-Turkic *ȫte- (“to pay”).
Compare Dongxiang ghudandu, Manchu ᡠᡩᠠᠮᠪᡳ (udambi, “to buy”), Manchu ᡥᡡᡩ᠋ᠠ (hūda, “business”), Nanai хода (hoda, “price”) Turkish ödemek (“to pay”).
The element *-ldu-, is the ancestor of the cooperative in -лдах (-ldax).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xʊtəɮtəx/
Verb
худалдах • (xudaldax) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤᠳᠠᠯᠳᠤᠬᠤ (qudalduqu), passive худалдагдах)
- to trade
- Synonym: аралжих (aralžix)
- to sell
- Antonyms: худалдаж авах (xudaldaž avax), авах (avax)
- to betray, to sell out
Derived terms
- худалдаа (xudaldaa, “trade, commerce”)