тэрс

Mongolian

Etymology

From Old Uyghur [script needed] (ters, “false, awkward”), perhaps from Middle Persian [script needed] (tarsâ, “Christian”). [1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

тэрс • (ters) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠡᠷᠰ (ters))

  1. heretical, heterodox, dissident
  2. contrary, stubbornly antagonistic, disobedient

Synonyms
  • (heretical): тэрсүүд (tersüüd)
  • (contrary): зөрүүд (zörüüd), эсрэг (esreg), сөргүү (sörgüü)

Derived terms

References
  1. Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)‎ (in German), volume 2, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 880
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