көвүн

Kalmyk

Cyrillic	Clear Script
көвүн (kövün)	ᡍᡉᡋᡈᡉᠨ(küböün)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *köbegün. Cognate with Buryat хүбүүн (xübüün) and Mongolian хөвүүн (xövüün).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /køˈwyn/

Noun

көвүн • (kövün) (plural көвүд or көвүс)

1. boy, lad
2. son

References

• A. Pozdneev (1911) “көвүн”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 294
• Этимологический словарь монгольских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Mongolian Languages] (in Russian), Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2015