хувь

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kubï, perhaps from sparsely attested Common Turkic *kïb.

Compare Mangghuer khobi (“luck”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /xʊwʲ/, [χɵw̜ʲ]

Noun

хувь • (xuvʹ) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤᠪᠢ (qubi)); (regular declension)

1. part, share, lot
2. (part of the) inheritance
3. (finance) stock, share
4. rate

   гэмт хэргийн гаралтын хувь

   gemt xergiin garaltyn xuvʹ

   crime rate

5. (arithmetic) part, portion
6. (time, trigonometry) minute

   Synonym: минут (minut)

7. fate, destiny, luck

   Synonyms: тавилан (tavilan), аз (az), заяа (zajaa)

8. one's own business, privacy
9. copy, issue

Derived terms

• хувь сар (xuvʹ sar, “tenth month in the Mongolian calendar”)
• хувиар (xuviar), хувьд (xuvʹd, “as concerns, -wise”)
• хувийн (xuviin, “private, individual”)
• хувиа хичээх (xuvia xičeex, “to be selfish”)

Related terms

• хуваах (xuvaax, “to portion”)
• хувилах (xuvilax, “to change”)