mongolian
adj.adj. relating to the country of Mongolia, its people, or its language.
adj. relating to the nation of Mongolia, its inhabitants, or the Mongolic language family. Often used attributively to describe cultural or geographical origins.
We ate at a traditional Mongolian restaurant last night.
The researcher spent three years studying Mongolian history and the nomadic traditions of the steppe.
Scholars continue to debate the linguistic relationship between the Mongolian language family and other Altaic languages across Central Asia.
Originally from Mongol + -ian, a translation (1706) of the German mongolisch, mongalisch. Subsequently, from the name of the country of Mongolia + -an.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Typically used attributively before a noun; when referring to the language, it is used as an uncountable noun.
Last updated May 8, 2026