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Mongolian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Other / Vocab Item | | Mongolian term or phrase: зул сарын баяр (literal meaning) | Hi,
I gather this means "Christmas", but what do the individual words mean, please?
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Simon |
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| | Candle month celebrity | Explanation:
зул - canlde (Asian hand made candle)
сар(ын) - month('s)
баяр - celebrity, celebration, holiday
As a whole the phrase indeed means "Christmas".
I don't know who and when translated "Christmas" into Mongolian this way. Perhaps the translator assumed this is the month when people burn candles in respect to the memory of J. Christ. I think this is a beautiful translation anyway. Traditionally Mongolia isn't a Christian country.
PS: The 25th day of the first winter month (approximately December) in the Eastern Calendar is also called "зулын 25" (the candle date), the day of memory of Tsonkapa. |
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Explanation:
зул - canlde (Asian hand made candle)
сар(ын) - month('s)
баяр - celebrity, celebration, holiday
As a whole the phrase indeed means "Christmas".
I don't know who and when translated "Christmas" into Mongolian this way. Perhaps the translator assumed this is the month when people burn candles in respect to the memory of J. Christ. I think this is a beautiful translation anyway. Traditionally Mongolia isn't a Christian country.
PS: The 25th day of the first winter month (approximately December) in the Eastern Calendar is also called "зулын 25" (the candle date), the day of memory of Tsonkapa.
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Mongolia
Local time: 22:07
Native speaker of:  Russian
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