Where does “-тан” come from?

-тан (Mongolian) comes from Classical Mongolian -ᠲᠠᠨ, from Classical Mongolian -ᠲᠠᠢ.

-тан (Mongolian): Forms nouns denoting possessor of the base term

Definitions

  1. Forms nouns denoting possessor of the base term

Ancestry of “-тан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Mongolian-ᠲᠠᠨ—
2Classical Mongolian-ᠲᠠᠢ—

Words derived from “-тан”

Every word from Classical Mongolian -ᠲᠠᠢ →Every word from Classical Mongolian -ᠲᠠᠨ →
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