Mongols legacy

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The Legacy of the Mongols

Mongolian influence on Russian

амбар                          ambar                                    barnбазар                          bazar                                     bazaarденьги                        den’gi                                     moneyлошадь                       loshad‘                                    horseсундук                        sunduk                                   truck, chestтаможня                      tamozhnya                              customs

Mongolian influence on Chinese

胭脂 yanzhi (=Rouge, red make-up) -> Xiongnu胡同 hutong -> mongolian "gudum"蘑菇 mogu (fungus) -> mongolian "moku"俄羅斯 / 俄罗斯 eluosi (russian) -> mongolian "oros"

and some persian:獅 / 狮 , shī (Lion) -> persian "sher/shir"葡萄 putao (grape) -> persian "bataka, budawa / bada, bade"