English
Urga
Urga comes from Mongolian өргөө ‘palace’.
- Mongolianmodernөргөөörgöö‘palace’
- Englishearliest quotation 1864Urga
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mongolianmodernөргөөörgöö‘palace’
- Englishearliest quotation 1864Urga
Earliest quotation: 1864, Alexander Michie, Tartary: “Mr. Shishmaroff must lead a very solitary life in…”
Every English word from Mongolian өргөө
Today it means
name Former name of Ulaanbaatar.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mongolian өргөө / Urga