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үсэг

үсэг

Mongolian

Noun

үсэг • ‎(üseg) ‎(Mongolian spelling ᠦᠰᠦᠭ); (regular declension )

  1. letter (of the alphabet etc)
  2. typeface, font
  3. script
  4. (obsolete) quill, pen

Derived terms

Synonyms

  • (pen): үзэг ‎(üzeg)

Etymology

From Sogdian 𐫀𐫇𐫋𐫀𐫐 ‎(užāk, “letter of the alphabet”) via Turkic, perhaps originally from Middle Chinese 字 ‎(dzɨH, “letter”). Occasionally confused with үзэг ‎(üzeg, “pen”) as in several other Mongolic languages.

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /usəg/, [ˈusɪk]

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