-тан

See also: тан and Appendix:Variations of "tan"

Mongolian
MongolianCyrillic
᠊ᠲᠠᠨ
(-tan)		-тан
(-tan)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠊ᠲᠠᠨ (-tan), from Middle Mongol [script needed] (-tan). Originally plural or collective of ornative -т (-t) and -тай (-taj). Cognate with Buryat -тан (-tan), Kalmyk -тн (-tn), etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʰəŋ/

Suffix

-тан • (-tan)

  1. Forms nouns with the meaning of "with" after noun and adjective stems ending in а (a), аа (aa), иа (ia) у (u), уу (uu) or иу (iu).
    ‎амь (amʹ, “breath; life”) + ‎-тан (-tan) → ‎амьтан (amʹtan, “the lives; animal”)
    ‎оюун (ojuun, “wisdom”) + ‎-тан (-tan) → ‎оюутан (ojuutan, “student”)
    ‎баруун (baruun, “right”) + ‎-тан (-tan) → ‎баруунтан (baruuntan, “rightist”)

Inflection
Vowel harmonic forms of -тан 
back vowelfront vowel
unrounded-тан
-tan		-тэн
-ten
rounded-тон
-ton		-төн
-tön
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