хөвгүүн

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Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠥᠪᠡᠭᠦᠨ
(köbegün)
хөвгүүн
(xövgüün)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠬᠥ᠋ᠪᠡᠭᠦᠨ (köbegün), from Middle Mongol ᠺᠥ᠋ᠪᠡᠺᠦᠨ᠌ (köbekün), from Proto-Mongolic *köbexün (child; son). Doublet of хөвүүн (xövüün). Cognate with Buryat хүбүүн (xübüün), Kalmyk көвүн (kövün), etc. Etymologically related to хүүхэд (xüüxed), analyzeable as *ke’ü-n (child) +‎ *-ken (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

хөвгүүн (xövgüün); (regular declension)

  1. child
  2. son

Declension