"сан" meaning in Mongolian

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Noun

IPA: /saŋ/ Forms: san [romanization], ᠰᠠᠩ [Mongolian], hidden-g declension [romanization]
Etymology: Usually taken to be an old loan from Chinese 倉 /仓 (cāng, “granary”). Found already in Middle Mongol, but not reconstructable for Proto-Mongolic. Etymology templates: {{der|mn|zh|倉|t=granary|tr=cāng}} Chinese 倉 /仓 (cāng, “granary”), {{inh|mn|xng|-}} Middle Mongol, {{cog|xgn-pro|-}} Proto-Mongolic Head templates: {{mn-noun|ᠰᠠᠩ|dec=g}} сан • (san) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠠᠩ (sang)); (hidden-g declension)
  1. treasury
    Sense id: en-сан-mn-noun-ZvqfnTGG Categories (other): Government
  2. treasure
    Sense id: en-сан-mn-noun-dK4yP5ua
  3. fund
    Sense id: en-сан-mn-noun-Y594-3cp Categories (other): Finance
  4. store, storehouse
    Sense id: en-сан-mn-noun-dYbwtbs6 Categories (other): Buildings, Mongolian entries with incorrect language header, Mongolian terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Mongolian entries with incorrect language header: 5 9 9 32 37 8 Disambiguation of Mongolian terms with redundant script codes: 4 17 17 30 20 12
  5. shop
    Sense id: en-сан-mn-noun-jZAB0yxq Categories (other): Businesses, Mongolian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Mongolian entries with incorrect language header: 5 9 9 32 37 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: номын сан (nomyn san), санхүү (sanxüü), үгсийн сан (ügsiin san), эмийн сан (emiin san)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /saŋ/ Forms: san [romanization], ᠰᠠᠩ [Mongolian], hidden-g declension [romanization]
Etymology: From Tibetan བསངས་ (bsangs). Etymology templates: {{bor|mn|bo|བསངས་}} Tibetan བསངས་ (bsangs) Head templates: {{mn-noun|ᠰᠠᠩ|dec=g}} сан • (san) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠠᠩ (sang)); (hidden-g declension)
  1. (Buddhism) A kind of smoke ritual in which incense or juniper branches are burnt. Related terms: хүж (xüž) (english: incense), арц (english: juniper; arc)
    Sense id: en-сан-mn-noun-jIH65z3x Categories (other): Buddhism Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "roman": "nomyn san",
      "word": "номын сан"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sanxüü",
      "word": "санхүү"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ügsiin san",
      "word": "үгсийн сан"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "emiin san",
      "word": "эмийн сан"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "expansion": "Middle Mongol",
      "name": "inh"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "san",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᠰᠠᠩ",
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      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
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    },
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  ],
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      ],
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        ]
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    },
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          "langcode": "mn",
          "name": "Finance",
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      ],
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      ],
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "id": "en-сан-mn-noun-dYbwtbs6",
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          "store",
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        ],
        [
          "storehouse",
          "storehouse"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Businesses",
          "orig": "mn:Businesses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "5 9 9 32 37 8",
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          "name": "Mongolian entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shop"
      ],
      "id": "en-сан-mn-noun-jZAB0yxq",
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        [
          "shop",
          "shop"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/saŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "сан"
}

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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Tibetan བསངས་ (bsangs).",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᠰᠠᠩ",
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      ]
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    {
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    }
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  "lang_code": "mn",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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      ],
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          "Buddhism",
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          "incense",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(Buddhism) A kind of smoke ritual in which incense or juniper branches are burnt."
      ],
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        {
          "english": "incense",
          "roman": "xüž",
          "word": "хүж"
        },
        {
          "english": "juniper; arc",
          "word": "арц"
        }
      ],
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    {
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    }
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    },
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    },
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      "roman": "ügsiin san",
      "word": "үгсийн сан"
    },
    {
      "roman": "emiin san",
      "word": "эмийн сан"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "san",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᠰᠠᠩ",
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        "Mongolian"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hidden-g declension",
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        "romanization"
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  ],
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      ],
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        ]
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      ]
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      ],
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          "shop",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/saŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "сан"
}

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Tibetan བསངས་ (bsangs).",
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        "romanization"
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      "english": "incense",
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      "word": "хүж"
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      "word": "арц"
    }
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        "Buddhism",
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        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/saŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "сан"
}

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