балт

Mongolian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠪᠠᠯᠲᠠ (balta) from Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠯᠲᠠ (balta) from Proto-Mongolic *balta, from Proto-Turkic *baltu. Cognate with Turkish balta. Cognate with Buryat балта (balta), Kalmyk балт (balt).

Noun

балт • (balt) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠠᠯᠲᠠ (balta))

  1. battle axe
  2. axe, hatchet
    Synonym: сүх (süx)
    алтан балт сүх ― altan balt süx ― golden axe
  3. sledgehammer

Etymology 2

From бал (bal).

Adjective

балт • (balt) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠠᠯᠲᠤ (baltu))

  1. honeyed, honey-bearing

Further reading

  • Большой академический монгольско–русский словарь в четырех томах [Great Academic Mongolian–Russian Dictionary in four volumes] (in Russian), Institute of Language and Literature of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences & Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001, page 377
  • “БАЛТ”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
  • балт in Болор толь (Bolor tolʹ, “Bolor Dictionary”)
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