хүн

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Buryat

Alternative scripts
Classical Mongolian ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ
kümün
Latin (1931–1936)a kyn
Latin (1937–1939)b xyn
Cyrillic хүн
xün
a Based on the southern Tsongol–Sartul dialect.
b Based on the eastern Khori dialect.

Etymology

Doublet of хүмүүн (xümüün).

Pronunciation

  • (Khori) IPA(key): /xun/,
  • Hyphenation: хүн

Noun

хүн (xün) (plural хүнүүд)

  1. person

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ
(kümün)
хүн
(xün)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *kümün.

Alternative forms

Noun

хүн (xün)

  1. person, man
  2. human, human being
  3. character, reputation
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

хүн (xün)

  1. (anatomy) philtrum
Declension
Related terms

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

хүн (xün)

  1. The sound of ringing a hollow object.

Further reading

  • хүн 1”, “хүн 2”, хүн 3”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

Tuvan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kün (sun, day).

Noun

хүн (xün) (definite accusative хүннү, plural хүннер)

  1. sun
  2. day (period of 24 hours)

Declension

Declension of хүн
Nominative хүн
xün
Accusative хүннү
xünnü
Singular Plural
Nominative хүн
xün
хүннер
xünner
Genitive хүннүң
xünnüñ
хүннерниң
xünnerniñ
Accusative хүннү
xünnü
хүннерни
xünnerni
Dative хүнге
xünge
хүннерге
xünnerge
Locative хүнде
xünde
хүннерде
xünnerde
Ablative хүнден
xünden
хүннерден
xünnerden
Prolative I хүнже
xünje
хүннерже
xünnerje
Prolative II хүндүве
xündüve
хүннердүве
xünnerdüve
First person singular possessive forms of хүн
Nominative хүнүм
xünüm
Accusative хүнүмнү
xünümnü
Singular Plural
Nominative хүнүм
xünüm
хүннерим
xünnerim
Genitive хүнүмнүң
xünümnüñ
хүннеримниң
xünnerimniñ
Accusative хүнүмнү
xünümnü
хүннеримни
xünnerimni
Dative хүнүмге
xünümge
хүннеримге
xünnerimge
Locative хүнүмде
xünümde
хүннеримде
xünnerimde
Ablative хүнүмден
xünümden
хүннеримден
xünnerimden
Prolative I хүнүмже
xünümje
хүннеримже
xünnerimje
Prolative II хүнүмдүве
xünümdüve
хүннеримдүве
xünnerimdüve

Derived terms

See also