хэл

Mongolian

Etymology 1

MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
(kele)
хэл
(xel)

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠡᠯᠡ (kele), from Middle Mongol ᠬᠡᠯᠡᠨ (kelen), from Proto-Mongolic *kelen. Cognate with Buryat хэлэн (xelen), Kalmyk келн (keln), Dongxiang kielien, etc.

Pronunciation

Noun

хэл • (xel)

  1. tongue
  2. language
    монгол хэлmongol xelthe Mongolian language
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
(kele)
хэл
(xel)

Pronunciation

Verb

хэл • (xel)

  1. imperative of хэлэх (xelex, to say)