蒙古语“猴”——“bein”(“mein”)源于古印欧语系的梵语,经由佛教的传播曾经广泛流传于匈奴、突厥部落,最终以不同的形式在蒙古语和古代汉语文献中得以保存和记录。由于源自佛教的“bein”(“mein”)一词具有神圣性,故蒙古族十二生肖纪年法采用了该词汇,而没有采用作为物种属性的“■”(猴)一词。 Mongolian “monkey ” - “be ” “(” me “) Sanskrit from the ancient Indian-European languages, the spread of Buddhism has been widely circulated in the Huns, Turkic tribes, and ultimately Different forms are preserved and recorded in Mongolian and ancient Chinese documents. Due to the sanctity of the word ”be“ (”“) from Buddhism, the term was adopted by the Mongolian Zodiac dating method instead of as a ” "(Monkey) the word.