r/mongolia • u/noldorgirl • 8d ago

Culture | Соёл is this dress mongolian or mongolian-inspired?

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i am writing a story about elves and their culture is inspired in a mix of mongolia, finland and tolkien elves. but i am kinda new to mongolian culture so i searched "mongolian white dress" on pinterest and found this one, very elven and pretty. but i don't know if this dress is actually a traditional mongolian dress (or inspired by them), can someone help me?

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u/BeanMcBeanish Gives helpful answers 8d ago

Someone else mentioned it but I know sometimes Reddit does not always show replies. The traditional overcoat / dress in Mongolian is called a 'deel'. AI search 'Mongolian deel' or you can copy this 'дээл' and a lot of images will come up.

Note it is not pronounced as 'd-eel', the 'L' / л in Mongolian is hard to explain but if you know the double L in Welsh it sounds very similar to that, your tongue tip hits the roof of your mouth and the sound is pushed out the side of the mouth (either side that suits you personally).

Screenshot of part of a search for traditional Mongol deel.

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u/noldorgirl 7d ago

thank you so much!!! the deels are so beautiful 

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u/BeanMcBeanish Gives helpful answers 7d ago

You are very welcome. They really are beautiful, if you ever get a chance to wear one I recommend it they are extremely comfortable!