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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Mongolian Word of the Week #66: Сургууль

In honor of the start of school in September, today's Mongolian word of the week is сургууль (surguuli) "school," with a guest appearance by school's root word, сурах (surah), "study, learn."

Cyrillic сургууль
IMG
Transcription surguuli
IPA [sʊr.ˈɢʊɬʲ]
Layman’s
Pronunciation
soor-GOOYLH
Translation school
In Genghis Khan’s time it was surγaγuli.
Plural: сургуулиуд; Genitive: сургуулийн.