Etymology

Compare Manchu ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ ‎(morin, “horse”), Japanese 馬 ‎(uma, “horse”), Ainu ウンマ ‎(umma, “horse”), Korean 말 ‎(mal, “horse”), Thai ม้า ‎(máa, “horse”), Mandarin 馬 ‎(mă, “horse”), Vietnamese ngựa ‎(“horse”), and Proto-Indo-European *marḱ- ‎(“horse”) and descendants such as Irish marc ‎(“horse”, archaic) or English mare ‎(“female horse”). More at *marḱ-.

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /mɔrʲ/, [mɞrʲ]