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Where does “махчин” come from?

махчин (Mongolian) comes from Mongolian -чин, from Mongolian -ч — Forms agent nouns from nouns and verbs; variant...

махчин (Mongolian): carnivore, predator; man-eater, cannibal, ogre; a...

Definitions

  1. carnivore, predator; man-eater, cannibal, ogre; a...

Ancestry of “махчин”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mongolian-чинagent suffix; -er
2Mongolian-чForms agent nouns from nouns and verbs; variant...
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