ger en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡɛə(ɹ)/
Etymology
Borrowed from Mongolian гэр (ger)/ᠭᠡᠷ (ger).
Meanings
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A yurt.
The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.
2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 133:In weather conditions that hit -20 degrees or lower, people in the poorer areas of the city have no access to running water, no access to bathroom facilities, often living in little “yurts” or “gers” on dirt roads.
2016 November 11, Zahra Jamshed and Stella Ko, “Beyond the yurt: Mongolian life caught on camera”, in CNN, spoken by Paul Cox:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |