үхэр

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *hüker, compare Daur xukur.
The Mongolic terms is likely borrowed from Proto-Turkic *öküŕ, compare Turkish öküz.

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /uxər/, [uçɪr]

Noun

үхэр • (üxer) (Mongolian spelling ᠦᠬᠡᠷ (üker))

cow, ox (domestic bovine, bovine used as a beast of burden)
(astrology) a year of the Ox (the second year under the twelve-year lunar cycle.)
(in compounds) big, huge

Hyponyms

үнээ (ünee, “cow”)
бух (bux, “bull”)
эр үхэр (er üxer, “steer”)
бяруу (bjaruu, “two-year-old calf”)

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