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tugrik

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The Mongolian unit of currency; abbreviated MNT, ₮; formerly subdivided into 100 möngö.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the basic unit of money in Mongolia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tughrik

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Mongolian monetary unit

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ту́грик (túgrik), from Mongolian ᠲᠥᠭᠥᠷᠢᠭ (tögörig), a semantic loan of Chinese 圓 /圆 (yuán, “circle, round; dollar, silver coin; yuan”).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Buryat: дүхэриг (düxerig) — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圖格里克 /图格里克 (túgélǐkè) — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • Esperanto: tugriko — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • Finnish: tugrug — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • Finnish: tugrik — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • Finnish: togrog — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • French: tugrik — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • German: Tögrög — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • Japanese: トゥグルグ (tugurugu) — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • Kalmyk: төгрг (tögrg) — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • Kazakh: тұғрық (tūğryq) — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • Korean: 투그릭 (tugeurik) — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • Mongolian: төгрөг (tögrög) — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • Polish: tugrik — the Mongolian unit of currency
  • Russian: ту́грик (túgrik) — the Mongolian unit of currency