somon

English

Etymology

From Russian сомон (somon), ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”), see Mongolian сум (sum).

Alternative forms

• sum
• sumu
• sumon

Noun

somon (plural somons)

1. A type of administrative district used in China, Mongolia, and Russia. In Mongolia, a somon is smaller than a province. In China, it is only used in Inner Mongolia where it is equivalent to a township.
   • 1993, John Colvin, Twice Around the World: Some Memoirs of Diplomatic Life in North Vietnam and Outer Mongolia:

     Next day we drove through hilly pasture, in which we observed two large flocks of cranes, to Kharkorin, once the imperial city of Ogodei Khan, now a somon centre and state farm lying in a great plain encircled by mountains.

Anagrams

• monos, moons, nomos, somno-

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Romanian

Etymology

From French saumon, from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /soˈmon/

Noun

somon m (plural somoni)

1. salmon

Declension

Declension of somon

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) somon	somonul	(niște) somoni	somonii
genitive/dative	(unui) somon	somonului	(unor) somoni	somonilor
vocative	somonule		somonilor

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Turkish

Etymology

From French saumon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /soˈmon/

Noun

somon (definite accusative somonu, plural somonlar)

1. salmon

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	somon
Definite accusative	somonu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	somon	somonlar
Definite accusative	somonu	somonları
Dative	somona	somonlara
Locative	somonda	somonlarda
Ablative	somondan	somonlardan
Genitive	somonun	somonların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular somonum somonlarım 2nd singular somonun somonların 3rd singular somonu somonları 1st plural somonumuz somonlarımız 2nd plural somonunuz somonlarınız 3rd plural somonları somonları

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Yami

Noun

somon

1. watermelon