санах

See also: санях

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sana-, from Proto-Turkic *sāna- (“to count, determine”) < *sān (“number, count”) or directly from *sān- (“to be counted, regarded”) all of which are ultimately derived from *sā- (“to think, count, consider”).

Compare Dongxiang sana, Turkish saymak (“to count, regard”), san (“reputation”), sanmak (“to suppose, reckon”), Kyrgyz саноо (sanoo, “to count”).

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /sanəx/, [ˈsanɐχ]

Verb

санах • (sanah) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠠᠨᠠᠬᠤ (sanaqu))

to think (to contemplate, to hold a belief)
to expect, preconceive (to have a previous apprehension of)
to consider (to view as)
to intend, to plan
(after a clause with гэж) to mean to, to intend to
to remember (to keep in memory, to recall)
to miss, to pine for

Synonyms

(to think): бодох (bodoh), сэтгэх (setgeh), бодлогошрох (bodlogošroh)
(to expect): төсөөлөх (tösöölöh)
(to intend): зорих (zorih)
(to remember): дурсах (dursah)
(to miss): мөрөөдөх (möröödöh), хүсч мөрөөдөх (hüsč möröödöh)

Derived terms

санаа (sanaa, “thought”)
санал (sanal, “idea”)
санагдах (sanagdah, “to seem”)
санамж (sanamž, “remark”)
сануулах (sanuulah, “to remind”)
санамсаргүй (sanamsargüj, “random”)

Related terms

тогтоох (togtooh, “to remember, to commit to memory”)

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