Etymology

From Proto-MongolicCategory:Mongolian terms inherited from Proto-Mongolic#САНАХCategory:Mongolian terms derived from Proto-Mongolic#САНАХ *sana-, from Proto-TurkicCategory:Mongolian terms derived from Proto-Turkic#САНАХ *sāna- (“to count, determine”) < *sān (“number, count”) or directly from *sān- (“to be counted, regarded”) all of which are ultimately derived from *sā- (“to think, count, consider”). Compare Dongxiang sana, Buryat һанаха (hanaxa).

Also compare Turkish saymak (“to count, regard”), san (“reputation”), sanmak (“to suppose, reckon”), Kyrgyz саноо (sanoo, “to count”).

Compare typologically Russian счита́ть (sčitátʹ), English count, reckon.

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /sanəx/, [ˈsanɐχ]Category:Mongolian terms with IPA pronunciation#САНАХ

Verb

санах • (sanax) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠠᠨᠠᠬᠤ (sanaqu))Category:Mongolian lemmas#САНАХCategory:Mongolian verbs#САНАХCategory:Mongolian 2-syllable words#САНАХCategory:Mongolian terms with redundant script codes#САНАХCategory:Mongolian entries with incorrect language header#САНАХCategory:Pages with entries#САНАХCategory:Pages with 1 entry#САНАХ

1. to think (to contemplate, to hold a belief)
2. to expect, preconceive (to have a previous apprehension of)
3. to consider (to view as)
4. to intend, to plan
5. (after a clause with гэж) to mean to, to intend to
6. to remember (to keep in memory, to recall)
7. to miss, to pine for