хүннү

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠾᠦᠩᠨᠦ
(hüngnü)
хүннү
(xünnü)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ху́нну (xúnnu, Xiongnu), from Mandarin 匈奴 (Xiōngnú, Xiongnu) under the influence of Latin Hunnī m pl (Huns).

Pronunciation

  • (Khalkha) IPA(key): [xuˑn.nuˑ]
  • Hyphenation: хүн‧нү

Noun

хүннү • (xünnü)

  1. Xiongnu (ancient nomadic people)
  2. Xiongnu (person)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ Makoto Tachibana (15 December 2012) “モンゴルの国史編纂と翻訳事業”, in 中央ユーラシア歴史文化研究所第二回研究会, Tokyo

Tuvan

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: хүн‧нү

Noun

хүннү • (xünnü)

  1. definite accusative of хүн (xün, sun)