Meaning of Mongol | Babel Free
ˈmɒŋɡəlDefinitions
- Alternative letter-case form of Mongol (“a person with Down's syndrome”).
- A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian.
- A Keram language spoken in Papua New Guinea (also known by its native name Mwakai).
- A member of any of the various Mongol ethnic groups living in the Mongolian People's Republic, the former USSR, Tibet and Nepal.
- A person with Down syndrome.
- A member of the nomadic people from the steppes of central Asia who invaded Europe in the 13th century.
- A member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club of California, United States.
- A Turk, particularly in political or Internet discourse by certain neighbors (such as in Greece or the Caucasus) and within Turkey by opponents to suggest a lack of civilization or, in some contexts, to mock the genetic and historical ties between the Turkic and Mongolic peoples.
Equivalents
Examples
“The face which emerged was not reassuring.[…]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls.”
“—You are malaka! [a wanker] —Malaka goat anan! [is your goat mother!] —Malaka OLOLOLO! —[Answers in Turkish] Malaka goat anandır! [Malaka is your goat mother!] —Mongol! —[Answers in Turkish] Hassiktir ben Türküm! [Fuck you, I am Turkish!]”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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