mongol
/ˈmɒŋɡəl/US/ˈmɑŋɡəl/
mongol is the alternative letter-case form of Mongol.
Noun capitalized: Mongol
Mongol (plural Mongols)
- A member of an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia and various autonomous territories throughout China, tracing their unified identity back to the 13th-century imperial conquests of Genghis Khan.
- A person with Down syndrome.
- The face which emerged was not reassuring.[…]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- A member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club of California, United States.
- A Turk, particularly in political or Internet discourse by certain neighbors (such as in Greece or the Caucasus) and within Turkey by opponents to suggest a lack of civilization or, in some contexts, to mock the genetic and historical ties between the Turkic and Mongolic peoples.
- —You are malaka! [a wanker] —Malaka goat anan! [is your goat mother!] —Malaka OLOLOLO! —[Answers in Turkish] Malaka goat anandır! [Malaka is your goat mother!] —Mongol! —[Answers in Turkish] Hassiktir ben Türküm! [Fuck you, I am Turkish!]2020, “TÜRKİYE YUNANİSTAN SINIRINDA ASKERLER (SOLDIERS ON THE TÜRKİYE–GREECE BORDER)”, in YouTube
Adjective capitalized: Mongol
Mongol (comparative more Mongol, superlative most Mongol)
- Synonym of Mongolian.
- THE following fables are selected from a number which a Mongol teacher dictated in his attempts to familiarise a foreigner with the language of Mongolia. It will be seen at a glance that most of them are not native to the country, but come from a laud abounding with sights and scenes unknown to...1878 March–April, Hoinos, “Æsop in Mongolia”, in The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, volume IX, number 2, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 118
- While the social system could thus be improved, [G. Stanley] Hall knew that heredity was more important. He argued that a pound of heredity was “worth a hundredweight of education.” It was necessary to pay attention to better breeding: “The nation that breeds best, be it Mongol, Slav, Teuton or...1986, Clarence J[oseph] Karier, Scientists of the Mind: Intellectual Founders of Modern Psychology, Urbana, Ill.; Chicago, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 183
- Synonyms:
- Mongolian
Proper noun capitalized: Mongol
Mongol
- A Keram language spoken in Papua New Guinea (also known by its native name Mwakai).
Synonyms of mongol
Forms of mongol
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mongols |
| plural | Mongols |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Mung'l |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Mongal |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Mongul |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Mongol |
| superlative | most Mongol |
Origin of mongol
Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (mongɣol), from Middle Mongol ᠮᠣᠩᠬᠣᠯ (mongqol). The sense of person with Down syndrome stems from the observation that individuals with this condition frequently exhibit a prominent epicanthic fold, a feature commonly observed among individuals of East Asian ancestry.
Words formed from mongol
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Questions about mongol
- What does mongol mean?
- Mongol means a member of an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia and various autonomous territories throughout China, tracing their unified identity back to the 13th-century imperial conquests of Genghis Khan.
- What is mongol the alternative letter-case form of?
- Mongol is the alternative letter-case form of Mongol.
- What part of speech is mongol?
- Mongol can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mongol?
- Mongol is pronounced /ˈmɒŋɡəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mongol?
- The plural of mongol is mongols.
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