морь

Etymology

Compare Manchu ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ (morin, “horse”), Japanese 馬 (uma, “horse”), Ainu ウンマ (umma, “horse”), Korean 말 (mal, “horse”), Thai ม้า (máa, “horse”), Mandarin 馬 (mă, “horse”), Vietnamese ngựa (“horse”), and Proto-Indo-European *marḱ- (“horse”) and descendants such as Irish marc (“horse”, archaic) or English mare (“female horse”). More at *marḱ-.

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /mɔrʲ/, [mɞrʲ]

Noun

морь • (morʹ) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠣᠷᠢ (mori)); (hidden-n declension )

1. horse
2. a grown gelding (castrated horse)
3. (in compounds) big
4. (chess) knight

See also

Chess pieces in Mongolian · шатрын дүрс (šatryn dürs) (layout · text)
ноён (nojon)	бэрс (bers)	тэрэг (tereg)	тэмээ (temee)	морь (morʹ)	хүү (hüü)