/pɔɮəx/, [ˈpɔ̙ɮɞ̙χ]
OriginInherited from Classical Mongolian ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ (bolqu, “to become”), from Middle Mongol ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ (bolqu, “to become”), from Proto-Mongolic *bol- (“to become”).
Akin to Proto-Turkic *bōl- (“to become”), compare Turkmen bōlmak (“to become”), Turkish olmak (“to become, happen”).
- to become
- to occur, to happen
- to be done, to be ready, to ripen
- to fit, to be acceptable, will do, to be allowed, to be enough, to be okay
- to comply with, to follow
- to be (of time)
- to be
- indicates future tense after periphrastic aspectual constructions
“тэр уншиж байх болно” — She will be reading
“би архи уухгүй байсаар байх болно” — I will not have been drinking liquor
- to be allowed to, to be possible to
- for time to come to, to be decided to, to be expected that, will
- to start (to do habitually)
- to begin to
- to do partially or unwillingly, to pretend
- to pretend
Formsbolox(romanization) · болгох(causative)