Khamnigan Mongol

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Etymology

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From Middle Mongol ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ (ǰegün), from Proto-Mongolic *jexün (left; east). Cognates include Mongolian зүүн (züün) and Buryat зүүн (züün, left; east).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡zyːn/
  • Hyphenation: дзүүн

Noun

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дзүүн (dzüün)

  1. left
  2. east

Adjective

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дзүүн (dzüün)

  1. left
  2. east; eastern

References

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  • D. G. Damdinov, E. V. Sundueva (2015) “дзүүн”, in Хамниганско-русский словарь [Khamnigan-Russian dictionary]‎[1], Irkutsk