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Kalmyk
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *köbegün. Cognate with Buryat хүбүүн (xübüün) and Mongolian хөвүүн (xövüün).
Pronunciation
Noun
көвүн • (kövün) (plural көвүд or көвүс)
- boy, lad
- 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