уур

Mongolian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊːr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *haxur, compare Dongxiang ho, Daur aur.

Noun

уур • (uur) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠭᠤᠷ (aɣur)); (hidden-n declension)

1. steam
2. air
3. anger, wrath

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mongolic *oxur, compare Evenki овур (owur), Chagatai [Term?] (/⁠oγur⁠/), Mongolian loans.

Noun

уур • (uur) (Mongolian spelling ᠤᠭᠤᠷ (uɣur))

1. mortar

See also

• нүдүүр (nüdüür, “pestle”)

Etymology 3

Noun

уур • (uur)

1. Alternative form of оор (oor)

Southern Altai

Etymology 1

From *awïr "heavy, difficult", from Proto-Turkic *iagïr (“heavy”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur ağïr (“heavy, difficult”); Tatar авыр (awır), Kazakh ауыр (auyr); Kyrgyz оор (oor), Crimean Tatar ağır / avur, Kumyk авур (awur), Uzbek ogʻir, Azerbaijani ağır, Turkish ağır, Khakas аар (aar), Shor аар, Yakut ыар (ıar, “heavy; difficult”), etc.

Adjective

уур • (uur)

1. heavy

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “уур”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Compare to Kyrgyz ууру (uuru), etc.

Noun

уур • (uur)

1. thief

References

Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 357

Derived terms

• уурчы (uurčï)

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ur-. Compare to Other turkic , example to Turkish vurmak, etc.

Verb

уур • (uur)

1. to place, to put
2. (law) to decree

Derived terms

• уураах (uuraaq, “decision, decree”)
• уурдар (uurdar, causative)
• ууруу (uuruu, “laying, decision, decree”)