Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *dabu-su. Compare Kalmyk давсн ‎(davsn) and Buryat дабһан ‎(dabhan).

Also possibly related to Proto-Turkic *dūŕ ‎(“salt”) (cf. Chuvash тӑвар ‎(tăvar), Yakut туус ‎(tuus), Turkish tuz), and Evenki турукэ ‎(turuke).