бамбай

Mongolian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Buryat бамбай (bambaj), Kalmyk бамб (bamb).

Noun

бамбай • (bambaj) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠠᠮᠪᠠᠢ (bambai)); (regular declension )

  1. shield
    Synonym: халх (halh)
  2. a (thick) mattress
    Hypernyms: гудас (gudas), дэвсгэр (devsger)
  3. padding put on a back of a load bearing camel
  4. buffer
Derived terms
  • бамбагар (bambagar, “thick and soft”)
  • бамбайх (bambajh, “to be thick”)

Etymology 2

From Tibetan སྤང་སྤོས (spang spos)

Noun

бамбай • (bambaj)

  1. valerian
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