Mongolian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mongolic *küjüxün, compare Buryat хүзүүн (xüzüün), Kalmyk күзүн (küzün), Dongxiang ghuzhun, Daur xujuu.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

хүзүү (xüzüü) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦᠦ (küǰügüü)); (hidden-n declension)

  1. neck (of a person, of a bottle...)
  2. headland, neck (narrow piece of dry land projecting into a body of water)

Derived terms edit

See also edit