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мэдээ

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Mongolian

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Mongolian
ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠭᠡ
(medege)
Cyrillic
мэдээ
(medee)

Etymology

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Morphologically мэд- (med-, to know) +‎ -ээ (-ee), but potentially older than (narrowly defined) Mongolic itself, see Manchu ᠮᡝᡩᡝᡤᡝ (medege).

Cognate with Buryat мэдээ (medee), Kalmyk медән (medän). Compare also Tuvan медээ (medee).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /me.teː/, [me̝.te̞ː]
  • Hyphenation: мэ‧дээ

Noun

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мэдээ (medee); (hidden-n declension)

  1. message
  2. information
  3. news
    Synonym: сураг (surag)
  4. consciousness
    Synonym: ухаан (uxaan)
  5. sensation

Declension

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