хонь

Mongolian

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /xɔnʲ/, [ˈχɞɲ]

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *konïn, from Proto-Turkic *kōñ.

Compare Dongxiang ghoni, Turkish koyun.

Noun

хонь • (honʹ) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠣᠨᠢ (qoni)); (hidden-n declension )

sheep
(figuratively) a submissive person
(astrology) year of the sheep, the second year under the twelve-year lunar cycle.
leuconychia (white spots on fingernails)
(Shagai) One of four sides of the ankle bone dice used in Monglian folk games

(in compounds) short, small (most commonly in plant and animal names)

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