тахиа

From Classical Mongolian ᠲᠠᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ (takiy-a), from Middle Mongol ᠲᠠᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ (takiy-a), from Proto-Mongolic *takïxa, probably a loan from Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu or otherwise related. Compare Proto-Tungusic *tiake (“hen”) and Manchu ᠴᠣᡴᠣ (coko, “chicken”). Cognate with Buryat тахяа (taxjaa), Kalmyk така (taka), Dongxiang tegha, Khitan 𘰺𘯛𘯺 (*t qo a).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaxi̯aː/
• Syllabification: та‧хиа (2 syllables)

тахиа • (taxia) (definite plural тахианууд); (hidden-n declension)

1. chicken (domestic fowl of any age)
2. (astrology) year of the rooster, the twelfth year under the twelve-year lunar cycle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaxi̯aː/
• Syllabification: та‧хиа (2 syllables)

тахиа • (taxia)

1. reflexive possessive form of the nominative singular of тахь (taxʹ)