толь бичиг

Mongolian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠣᠯᠢ
ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ
(toli bičig, dictionary, literally mirror book), which was both a semantic loan from Literary Chinese (jiàn, mirror; dictionary), and a calque of Manchu ᠪᡠᠯᡝᡴᡠ
ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ
(buleku bithe, dictionary, literally mirror book).

Pronunciation

Noun

толь бичиг • (tolʹ bičig)

  1. (countable) dictionary, vocabulary
    Synonym: толь (tolʹ) (head omitted)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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