амьтан

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ (amitan, “creature”), from Middle Mongol ᠠᠮᠢᠲᠠᠨ (amitan, grammatically plural orantive), from Proto-Mongolic *amitan. By surface analysis, амь (amʹ, “breath; life”) +‎ -тан (-tan, substantive ornative suffix). Cognate with Buryat амитан (amitan), Kalmyk әмтн (ämtn), etc.

Compare typologically Latin animal < animus < Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos (“breath”); Proto-Germanic *deuzą (whence English deer) << Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæmʲtʰəŋ/, [ɛ́m̥ʲtʰəɴ]
• Hyphenation: амь‧тан

амьтан • (amʹtan)

1. creature

   хамаг амьтан ― xamag amʹtan ― all living beings

2. animal

   амьтны хүрээлэн ― amʹtny xüreelen ― zoo; zoological garden

• адгуус (adguus)

• мэрэгч амьтан (meregč amʹtan, “rodent”)