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Linguistics / Names | | Mongolian term or phrase: Nergui | Nergui is considered as a name, meaning 'No-name', derived from Mongolian language. Does anyone know about its etymology and origin? Also - how is it pronounced by native Mongolian speakers?
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Explanation:
Ner -- name
-qui -- -less (suffix)
Etymology -- usually people give nice names to their children, eg. heroic names to boys or beautiful names (flowers, sun, moon) to girls. In some case, for example, families who have lost many babies, decide to give a less attractive name to their new baby. This way they hoped not attract evil spirits. "Nergui" -- "Nameless", because not loved, and therefore evil spirits don't have to take this baby. An extreme case is a name such as "Muu nohoi" -- "bad dog".
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Mongolia
Local time: 03:24
Native speaker of:  Russian
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