көвүн

Kalmyk

Cyrillic Clear Script
көвүн (kövün) ᡍᡉᡋᡈᡉᠨ (küböün)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *köbegün. Cognate with Buryat хүбүүн (xübüün) and Mongolian хөвүүн (xövüün).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /køˈwyn/

Noun

көвүн • (kövün) (plural көвүд or көвүс)

  1. boy, lad
  2. son

References

  • A. Pozdneev (1911) “көвүн”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 294
  • Этимологический словарь монгольских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Mongolian Languages] (in Russian), Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2015
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