тэмээ

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *temexen, a borrowing from Proto-Turkic *debe.

Compare Mongghul timeen, Turkish deve.

a camel at Naadam

Pronunciation

Noun

тэмээ (temee) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠡᠮᠡᠭᠡ (temege)); (hidden-n declension )

  1. camel
  2. (chess) bishop
  3. (Shagai) One of four sides of the ankle bone dice used in Monglian folk games

Derived terms

See also

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