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Kalmyk
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *keü-ken, compare Mongolian хүүхэд (xüüxed), Buryat хүүгэд (xüüged).
Pronunciation
Noun
күүкн • (küükn) (Clear script spelling ᡍᡉᡉᡍᡄᠨ (küüken), plural күүкд or күүкс)
- girl, female child, lady
References
A. Pozdneev (1911) “күүкн”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 293