ноян

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic نويان
Cyrillic ноян
Latin noian

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolic, which is possibly from Chinese 老爺 / 老爷 (lǎoye, “master”). Compare Mongolian ноён (nojon).

Adjective

ноян • (noän)

  1. (dialectal, Almaty) big, great

Synonyms

Noun

ноян • (noän)

  1. (historical) honorific title of Dzungar and Kalmyk khans
  2. (dialectal, Almaty) aristocrat, lord, influential person
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