цэрэг

Mongolian
A Mongolian soldier

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *cerig, from Proto-Turkic *čerig (“troops, soldier”)

Compare Daur celle, Mongghul qirig, Turkish çeri (“soldier”), Chuvash ҫар (śar, “army”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sʰerəɡ/

Noun

цэрэг • (tsereg) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠡᠷᠢᠭ (čerig), plural цэргүүд); (regular declension )

  1. soldier

Derived terms
  • цэрэгжих (tseregžih, “to train troops, to militarize”)
  • цэрэглэх (tseregleh, “to wage war, to attack”)
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