Cyrillic
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хөрзөн
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Transcription
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hörzön
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IPA
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[ˈxөrtsəŋ]
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Layman’s
Pronunciation
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HOOR-dzung
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Translation
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compressed dried dung
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In Genghis Khan’s time it was körjen.
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Хөрзөн is kind of
like processed аргал. When
animals are corralled during the winter, their urine and feces accumulate on
the ground in the pen. Through constant trampling this mixture is pounded into
a hard substance. This is хөрзөн. In the spring,
herders dig the stuff out in large blocks with a shovel (хүрз) and keep it to be
burned the next winter. It is said to burn hotter, and longer, than straight-up
аргал. However, it also produces an undesirably large amount of ash. And you thought poo had no surprises left, didn’t you?
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| Хөөрзөн, along with a stockpile of wood |
Хөрзөн
бол малын хашааны шал.
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Хөрзөн
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бол
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мал
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-ын
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хашаа
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-ны
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шал
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Compressed dung
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TOPIC
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animal
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GEN
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fence/yard
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GEN
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floor
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Hörzön is the floor
of a corral.
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