домог

Mongolian

Etymology

1. From Proto-Mongolic *domag, compare East Yugur lomog.
2. Related through borrowing or common inheritance with Proto-Turkic *yomak, compare Kyrgyz жомок (jomok) and Yakut номох (nomoq).

Noun

домог • (domog) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠣᠮᠤᠭ (domug)); (regular declension)

1. legend, myth, fable

   Synonyms: үлгэр (ülger), үлгэр домог (ülger domog)

2. (figuratively) cliché, platitude

   Synonym: улиг домог (ulig domog)

Related terms

• (?) дом (dom, “magic, folk medicine”)