хун

Buryat

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kun.

Noun

хун • (xun)

1. swan

Chuvash

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kagan.

Noun

хун • (hun)

1. (historical) khan

Kabardian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʷən]

Verb

хун • (xʷun)

1. to drive

   шыхэр псым хун.

   šəxɛr psəm xʷun.

   To drive the horses to the water.

2. to roll out ((to cause to revolve)

   тхьэв хун.

   tḥɛv xʷun.

   To roll out the dough.

Synonyms

• фын (fən) (Adyghe)

Kalmyk

Noun

хун • (xun)

1. swan

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠬᠤᠨ (qun)	хун (xun)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kun (“white swan”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /xʊn/

Noun

хун • (xun)

1. swan

Tajik

Etymology

Compare Persian خون (xun), from Middle Persian xūn, probably a shortened form of *woxūn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xun/

Noun

Dari	خون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хун

хун • (xun)

1. blood

Yagnobi

Etymology

From *xumn < *xubn, compare Tajik хоб (xob), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swep-. Compare Northern Kurdish xew.

Noun

хун (xun)

1. dream
2. sleep