эрхэм

Mongolian

Etymology

Cognate with Buryat эрхим (erxim), Kalmyk эркм (erkm) (rare or obsolete).

Commonly treated as a variant form of ᠡᠷᠬᠢᠨ (erkin), found as early as Middle Mongol. Perhaps identifiable with an earlier Turkic title, see Old Uyghur [script needed] (irkin).

Noun

эрхэм • (erxem) (Mongolian spelling ᠡᠷᠬᠢᠮ (erkim))

  1. important
  2. supreme
  3. dear (addressing someone at the beginning of a letter)
  • (?) эрхлэх (erxlex, “to manage, to run”)
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