хайлмаг

Mongolian

Etymology

хайлах (hajlah, “to melt”) +‎ -маг (-mag). The noun is perhaps a phono-semantic match of a Turkic word. Compare Kazakh қаймақ (qaymaq), Turkish kaymak.

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /xaiɮməɡ/, [ˈχæeɮmɐk]

Adjective

хайлмаг • (hajlmag) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠯᠤᠮᠠᠭ (qayilumag))

molten

Noun

хайлмаг • (hajlmag) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠯᠤᠮᠠᠭ (qayilumag))

a kind of dessert prepared from sweetened, caramelized cream

See also

өрөм (öröm, “clotted cream out of which хайлмаг is made”)

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