Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠰᠥᠨᠢ
(söni)
шөнө
(šönö)

Etymology

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Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠰᠥᠨᠢ (söni, night), from Middle Mongol ᠰᠥᠨᠢ (swyṅy /⁠söni⁠/, night), from Proto-Mongolic *söni, with irregular palatalization shared with Chahar, compare Dongxiang xieni, Daur suny, Buryat һүни (hüni), Kalmyk сө (), and Khitan 𘰷𘭌 (*s uni).

Pronunciation

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  • (Khalkha) IPA(key): [ʃɵn]
  • Hyphenation: шө‧нө (2 syllables orthographically)

Noun

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шөнө (šönö); (regular declension)

  1. night

Declension

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