цурхай

Mongolian

Etymology

Cognate with Buryat сурхай (surxaj) and Kalmyk цурх (tsurx).

The suffix +‎ -хай (-haj) is common in animal names while *cur- may be connected with (late attested) Proto-Turkic *čortan, see Bashkir суртан (surtan).

Noun

цурхай • (tsurhaj) (plural цурхайнууд); (mixed declension )

  1. pike (fish)
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