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yarligh

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /jɑɹˈliɡ/
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noun

Meaning 1

A khan's decree in the Mongol Empire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠵᠷᠯᠭ᠋ (ǰrlg /⁠ǰarliɣ⁠/) / ꡆꡘ ꡙꡞꡢ (jar liq /⁠jarliq⁠/) / 札兒里黑 (jarlih). Compare modern Mongolian ᠵᠠᠷᠯᠢᠭ (ǰarliɣ) / зарлиг (zarlig).

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aramaic: ܝܪܠܝܟ (yarlīḵ) — khan's decree
  • Armenian: յառլիկ (yaṙlik) — khan's decree
  • Middle Armenian: եառլեխ (eaṙlex) — khan's decree
  • Middle Armenian: առլեխ (aṙlex) — khan's decree
  • Middle Armenian: իառլախ (iaṙlax) — khan's decree
  • Azerbaijani: yarlıq — khan's decree
  • Belarusian: ярлы́к (jarlýk) — khan's decree
  • Czech: jarlyk — khan's decree
  • Georgian: იარლიყი (iarliq̇i) — khan's decree
  • German: Jarlyk — khan's decree
  • German: Jarlyġ — khan's decree
  • German: Jarlik — khan's decree
  • Hebrew: יארליק (yarlik) — khan's decree
  • Hungarian: jarlik — khan's decree
  • Japanese: ジャルリグ (jarurigu) — khan's decree
  • Kazakh: жарлық (jarlyq) — khan's decree
  • Kyrgyz: жарлык (jarlık) — khan's decree
  • Persian: یرلیغ (yarliġ) — khan's decree
  • Polish: jarłyk — khan's decree
  • Romanian: iarlâc — khan's decree
  • Russian: ярлы́к (jarlýk) — khan's decree
  • Serbo-Croatian: ја̀рлик — khan's decree
  • Serbo-Croatian: jàrlik — khan's decree
  • Tajik: ярлиқ (yarliq) — khan's decree
  • Tajik: ярлиғ (yarliġ) — khan's decree
  • Tamil: ஜர்லிக் (jarlik) — khan's decree
  • Tatar: ярлык (yarlıq) — khan's decree
  • Turkish: yarlık — khan's decree
  • Turkmen: ýarlyk — khan's decree
  • Ukrainian: ярли́к (jarlýk) — khan's decree
  • Yakut: дьаралык (jaralïk) — khan's decree