орон

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *oran, a borrowing from Proto-Turkic *orun. Originally the same word as ор (or), only with the unstable n generalized to all cases.

Compare Dongxiang oron, Kazakh орын (orın).

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /ɔrəŋ/, [ˈɔ̙ɾɞ̙ɴ]

Noun

орон • (oron) (Mongolian spelling ᠣᠷᠤᠨ (orun)); (regular declension )

place
country, territory
home, dwelling, apartment
station, office, position
role, purpose, stead
миний оронд
minij orond
instead of me
institution, center
digit (numeral)
(obsolete, grammar) case
(algebra, physics) field

Synonyms

(place, country): газар (gazar), нутаг (nutag), гүрэн (güren)
(home): гэр (ger), байр (bajr)
(case): тийн ялгал (tijn jalgal)

Derived terms

орлох (orloh, “to replace”)
бурхны орон (burhny oron, “paradise”)
орон шорон (oron šoron, “prison”)

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *orun (“place”), possibly re-borrowed through Mongolic, compare Mongolian ор (or, “bed”).

Cognate with Bashkir урын (urïn, “place; bed”).

Noun

орон • (oron)

bed

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