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)