торго

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /tʰɔrəɢ/, [ˈtʰɔ̙ɾɞ̙q]

From Proto-Mongolic *torga, a Turkic borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *torku (“silk fabric”), of uncertain origin.

Compare East Yugur torgho, Karakhanid تُرْقو (torqū).

торго • (torgo) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠣᠷᠭ᠎ᠠ (torg-a)); (hidden-n declension)

1. silk (fabric)
2. (in compounds) silk-like, soft and thin

   торгон савхи

   torgon savxi

   fine leather

3. (in compounds) fine, delicate

   торгон элс

   torgon els

   fine sand

4. (in compounds) top quality, choice

   торгон цэрэг

   torgon cereg

   elite bodyguard

• (delicate): нарийн (nariin)
• (choice): шилмэл (šilmel), шилдэг (šildeg), сонгомол (songomol)

• торгомсог (torgomsog, “silky, brocade”)
• торгонцор (torgoncor, “fake silk, coarse silk”)

• Tibetan: དར (dar)

торго • (torgo)

1. imperative of торгох (torgox, “to fine”)