Soyombo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An abugida script developed by the monk and scholar Zanabazar in 1686 to write the Mongolian language. It can also be used to write Tibetan and Sanskrit.
  2. A special character of that script used as the national symbol of Mongolia.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɔɪ.əmbəʊ/ /sɔɪˈɒmbəʊ/ /ˈsɔɪ.əmboʊ/ /sɔɪˈɔmbəʊ/

Word forms

Soyombo

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian соёмбо (sojombo), from Sanskrit स्वयम्भू (svayambhū, “self-created”).

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