хоньчин

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Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠣᠨᠢᠴᠢᠨ
(qoničin)
хоньчин
(xonʹčin)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian , from Middle Mongol (qoničin); equivalent to хонь (xonʹ, sheep) +‎ -чин (-čin, denominal agentive suffix). Cognate with Khamnigan Mongol хоничон (xoničon), Buryat хонишон (xonišon), etc.

Pronunciation

  • (Khalkha) IPA(key): /xɔnʲ.t͡ʃʰiŋ/,
  • Hyphenation: хонь‧чин

Noun

хоньчин (xonʹčin)

  1. shepherd

Declension