зүүн

Buryat

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *jexün.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zuːŋ/
Hyphenation: зүүн

Adjective

зүүн • (züün)

left

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mongolic *jexün.

Noun

зүүн • (züün)

needle

Mongolian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ (ǰegün /⁠ǰüün⁠/, “left”), from Middle Mongol ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ (jʔkwn /⁠ǰägün⁠/, “left”), from Proto-Mongolic *jexün. Cognate with Buryat зүүн (züün), Kalmyk зүн (zün), etc. Compare also Tuvan loan чөөн (çöön, “left; eastern”, adjective).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuːn/
(Khalkh, Mongolia) IPA^(key): [t͜s˭uːŋ]
Hyphenation: зүүн

Adjective

зүүн • (züün)

left
eastern, east
Synonym: дорно (dorno)

Зүүн Ази ― Züün Azi ― East Asia

Зүүн Монгол ― Züün Mongol ― Eastern Mongols

Derived terms

зүүнтэн (züünten)
зүүнтээ (züüntee)
зүүнтээхэн (züünteexen)
зүүнш (züünš)
зүүншлэх (züünšlex)

Noun

зүүн • (züün)

east
Synonym: дорно (dorno)

Antonyms

баруун (baruun, “right, western”)

References

“зүүн I”, “зүүн II”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

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