кожуун

Tuvan

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolic, probably Written Oirat ᡍᡆᠱᡇᡇ᠌ᠨ (xošuun).

Compare also Kalmyk хошун (xoşun), Buryat хушуун (xušuun), хошуун (xošuun), Mongolian хошуу (xošuu), etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /k̠o.ʒuːn/, [k̠o̞.ʒuːn]
  • Hyphenation: ко‧жуун

Noun

кожуун • (kojuun) (definite accusative кожуунну, plural кожууннар)

  1. a kozhuun, a banner (administrative division, originally Mongol military unit)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • кожууннуг (kojuunnug, ornative)

Descendants
  • → Russian: кожу́ун m (kožúun) (see there for further descendants)
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