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Gender Masculine
Usage Medieval Mongolian
Scripts ᠶᠢᠰᠦᠭᠡᠢ(Traditional Mongolian) Есүхэй(Mongolian Cyrillic) 也速該(Chinese)
Other Forms FormsYesükhei
Meaning & History
Means "like nine", deriving from the Mongolic root *yisün (or *yersün) meaning "nine", an auspicious number to the Mongols. Name borne by the father of Genghis Khan.