хурал

Chuvash

Etymology 1

From Middle Chuvash *χåral, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯ (qaraɣul).

Noun

хурал • (hural)

  1. guard
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From *qaral-, ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *kara (black).

Verb

хурал • (hural)

  1. to blacken, to become black
  2. to darken, to become dark
  3. to soil, to become dirty

Etymology 3

Noun

хурал • (hural)

  1. khural

Mongolian

Etymology

хурах (xurax, to gather, to convene) +‎ (-l), compare Kalmyk хурл (xurl, monastery, church service), Buryat хурал (xural, church service).

Pronunciation

Noun

хурал • (xural) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤᠷᠠᠯ (qural))

  1. khural, assembly, parliament
  2. church assembly, public prayer
  3. a small monastery

Derived terms

  • Улсын Их Хурал (Ulsyn Ix Xural), Их Хурал (Ix Xural, state great khural)

See also

  • хурилдай (xurildaj)

Russian

Etymology

Mongolian хурал (xural) or ᠬᠤᠷᠠᠯ (qural).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xʊˈraɫ]

Noun

хура́л • (xurálm inan (genitive хура́ла, nominative plural хура́лы, genitive plural хура́лов)

  1. khural or hural, national congress (in Mongolia); also in Buryatia, Kalmykia or Tuva (in Russia)

Declension