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Any clarification is quite welcome, thank you. [[User:Teledildonix314|'''Teledildonix314''']][[User Talk:Teledildonix314 | <sup style="color:#0A5">Talk</sup>]] ~ [[Special:Contributions/Teledildonix314 | <sub style="color:#3B7">contributions</sub>]] 05:39, 6 February 2009 (UTC) |
Any clarification is quite welcome, thank you. [[User:Teledildonix314|'''Teledildonix314''']][[User Talk:Teledildonix314 | <sup style="color:#0A5">Talk</sup>]] ~ [[Special:Contributions/Teledildonix314 | <sub style="color:#3B7">contributions</sub>]] 05:39, 6 February 2009 (UTC) |
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: As of my basic understanding, "зоостой элсэн цөл" (zoostoi elsen tsöl) in modern Mongolian translates to "desert of sand with coins". |
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:: зоос (zoos) - coin/piece/money |
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:: зоостой (zoostoi) - with coin[s] |
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:: элс (els) - sand |
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:: элсэн (elsen) - [made] of sand |
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:: цөл (tsöl) - desert |
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:Are there any historic mines in the region? The spelling difference to ''Dzoosotoyn Elisen'' may be attributed to sources transcribing from Mongolian script and/or a regional dialect. |
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:Btw: Why is the Uighur name given in Cyrillic? That's probably the least used script of the region today. --[[User:Latebird|Latebird]] ([[User talk:Latebird|talk]]) 13:06, 20 August 2016 (UTC) |
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Another anonymous editor has mentioned: Article Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert appears to refer to the same thing as this article. French Wiki says the two terms are equivalent. Not sure if there is a standard English name.
Any clarification is quite welcome, thank you. Teledildonix314 Talk ~ contributions 05:39, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
- As of my basic understanding, "зоостой элсэн цөл" (zoostoi elsen tsöl) in modern Mongolian translates to "desert of sand with coins".
- зоос (zoos) - coin/piece/money
- зоостой (zoostoi) - with coin[s]
- элс (els) - sand
- элсэн (elsen) - [made] of sand
- цөл (tsöl) - desert
- Are there any historic mines in the region? The spelling difference to Dzoosotoyn Elisen may be attributed to sources transcribing from Mongolian script and/or a regional dialect.
- Btw: Why is the Uighur name given in Cyrillic? That's probably the least used script of the region today. --Latebird (talk) 13:06, 20 August 2016 (UTC)