түргэн

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Probably related with a Mongolic source. Wiktionary lists Mongolian түргэн хоол (türgen xool, fast food), and lists Mongolian түргэн тусламжийн тэрэг (türgen tuslamžiin tereg, ambulance) and Mongolian түргэн (türgen, quickly) as translations under their respective English entries.

Adjective

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түргэн (türgen)

  1. fast, quick
    Antonym: бытаан (bıtaan)
    түргэн поездtürgen poyezda fast train
    түргэнтэн-түргэн баар үһү
    türgenten-türgen baar ühü
    what is the swiftest of the swift?
    (a classic riddle, the answer being "киһи санаата" / "human thought")
    этиэх түргэнэ
    etieq türgene
    quickly, instantly
    (literally, "at the speed of pronunciation", compare English no sooner said than done)

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