хирс

Mongolian

Etymology

Unknown, sometimes compared with Chinese 麒麟 (qílín).

Found in Yuan-era Middle Mongol glossary as 克兒四 (/⁠kers⁠/, “rhinoceros, unicorn”), but not present in modern languages other than Mongolian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xirs/

Noun

хирс • (xirs) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠡᠷᠢᠰ (keris)); (regular declension)

1. rhinoceros

See also

• билигт гөрөөс (biligt göröös), хилэн (xilen, “unicorn, qilin”)

Tajik

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas

Proto-Iranian *Hŕ̥šah

Old Persian *r̥šah

Classical Persian خِرْس (xirs)

Tajik хирс (xirs)

Inherited from Classical Persian خِرْس (xirs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xirs/, [χiɹs]

Noun

хирс • (xirs) (Persian spelling خرس)

1. bear

Yagnobi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas

Proto-Iranian *Hŕ̥šah

Old Persian *r̥šah

Classical Persian خِرْس (xirs)

Tajik хирс (xirs)bor.

Yagnobi хирс (xirs)

Borrowed from Tajik хирс (xirs), from Classical Persian خِرْس (xirs), from Old Persian *r̥šah, from Proto-Iranian *Hŕ̥šah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos.

Noun

хирс (xirs)

1. bear