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[edit] arban vs arvan

Is there any specific reason (other than incorrect transcription from cyrillic) why the unit of 10 is named "arban" instead of "arvan"? The latter would be a correct representation of the Mongolian numeral "арван". I don't expect the word to have changed in the transition from the classic mongolian script. --Latebird 14:22, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

As I've just learned, the classic spelling does indeed transcribe correctly to "arban". Old languages can be full of surprises... --Latebird 22:48, 27 May 2007 (UTC)