ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ

Classical Mongolian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Mongol 薛鿌格 (/⁠säläŋgä⁠/).

Proper noun

ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ (selengge)

  1. Selenga (a river in Mongolia and Russia that flows into Baikal Lake)
    • 1675, The Letter of Tüsiyetü Khan Čaqundorji to the Russian Tsar:
      ᠲᠡᠳᠡᠴᠡ
      ᠡᠷᠬᠡᠦ ᠭᠢ᠊ ᠶᠢᠨ
      ᠪᠠᠢᠰᠢᠭ᠌
      ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ ᠶᠢᠨ
      ᠪᠠᠢᠰᠢᠩ ᠳ᠋ᠤ

      ᠨ᠋ᠢᠭᠡᠨ
      ᠰᠠᠢᠨ
      ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ ᠢ
      ᠢᠯᠡᠭᠡ᠃
      tedeče erkeü-gi--yin baisig selengge-yin baising-du nigen sain kümün-i ilege.
      Thence send a good person to Irkutsk and Selenginsk.
    • 1675, The Letter of Tüsiyetü Khan Čaqundorji to the Russian Tsar:
      ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᠳ ᠢ
      ᠮᠠᠨ ᠢ
      ᠡᠰᠡ
      ᠥᠭᠭᠦᠭᠡᠳ᠃
      ᠡᠨ᠌ᠡ
      ᠱᠣᠭᠯᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠢ
      ᠵᠥᠪ᠋
      ᠪᠤᠷᠤᠭ᠍ᠤ ᠭᠢ᠊
      ᠡᠰᠡ
      ᠣᠯᠪᠠᠰᠤ᠂
      ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ
      ᠡᠷᠬᠡᠦ
      ᠡᠷᠭᠡ᠋ᠩ ᠶᠢᠨ
      ᠪᠠᠢᠰᠢᠩ
      ᠰᠠᠭ᠍ᠤᠵᠢ
      ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ
      ᠦᠭᠡᠢ᠃
      qariyad-i man-i ese öɣgüged. ene šoɣlaɣsan-i ǰöb buruɣu-gi- ese olbasu, selengge erkeü ergeng-yin baising saɣuǰi bolqu ügei.
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Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • > Mongolian: (inherited)
    Mongolian script: ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ (selengge)
    Cyrillic script: Сэлэнгэ (Selenge)
  • Manchu: ᠰᡝᠯᡝᠩᡤᡝ (selengge)
    • Chinese: 色楞額 / 色楞额, 色楞格 (Sèlénggé) (via Mandarin)
  • Middle Russian: Селенга (Selenga)
    • > Russian: Селенга́ f inan (Selengá) (inherited)
      • English: Selenga (transliteration)