Etymology

tugrik

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Today it means: The Mongolian unit of currency; abbreviated MNT, ₮; formerly subdivided into 100 möngö. Full definition →

Russian ту́грик ← Mongolian ᠲᠥᠭᠥᠷᠢᠭ ← Chinese 圓 /圆
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The story

  1. Chinese · derived from圓 /圆“circle, round; dollar, silver coin; yuan”
  2. Mongolian · derived fromᠲᠥᠭᠥᠷᠢᠭ
  3. Russian · borrowed fromту́грик
  4. English todaytugrik

Borrowed from Russian ту́грик (túgrik), from Mongolian ᠲᠥᠭᠥᠷᠢᠭ (tögörig), a semantic loan of Chinese 圓 /圆 (yuán, “circle, round; dollar, silver coin; yuan”).

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