Oirat is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Oirat meaning
A member of the westernmost group of the Mongols.
Using Oirat
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of the westernmost group of the Mongols.
- In the example corpus, oirat often appears in combinations such as: the oirat.
Context around Oirat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oirat
- In this selection, "oirat" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, century, buryat, caravan, ruler and dongxiang stand out and add context to how "oirat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 20th century oirat caravan traveling and causing the oirat and khoshut. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oirat" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oirat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An image of an early 20th-century Oirat caravan, traveling on horseback, possibly to trade goods. (16 words)
Today the Mongolian peoples speak at least one of several Mongolic languages including Mongolian, Buryat, Oirat, Dongxiang, Tu, Bonan, Hazaragi, and Aimaq. (22 words)
The following year their forces approached Amdo on northern Tibet, causing the Oirat and Khoshut Mongols there to submit in 1647 and send tribute. (24 words)
Soon after the Tumu incident in 1449, when the Oirat ruler Esen taishi captured the Chinese emperor, Mongols flooded south from Outer Mongolia to Inner Mongolia. (26 words)
The following year their forces approached Amdo on northern Tibet, causing the Oirat and Khoshut Mongols there to submit in 1647 and send tribute. (24 words)
Today the Mongolian peoples speak at least one of several Mongolic languages including Mongolian, Buryat, Oirat, Dongxiang, Tu, Bonan, Hazaragi, and Aimaq. (22 words)
Example sentences (4)
An image of an early 20th-century Oirat caravan, traveling on horseback, possibly to trade goods.
Soon after the Tumu incident in 1449, when the Oirat ruler Esen taishi captured the Chinese emperor, Mongols flooded south from Outer Mongolia to Inner Mongolia.
The following year their forces approached Amdo on northern Tibet, causing the Oirat and Khoshut Mongols there to submit in 1647 and send tribute.
Today the Mongolian peoples speak at least one of several Mongolic languages including Mongolian, Buryat, Oirat, Dongxiang, Tu, Bonan, Hazaragi, and Aimaq.
Common combinations with oirat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: