күүкн

Kalmyk

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *keü-ken, compare Mongolian хүүхэд (xüüxed), Buryat хүүгэд (xüüged).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kyːˈkən/

Noun

күүкн • (küükn) (Clear script spelling ᡍᡉᡉᡍᡄᠨ (küüken), plural күүкд)

girl, female child, lady

Related terms

кукн (kukn)
күүкд (küükd)
күүкд күн (küükd kün)

References

A. Pozdneev (1911) “күүкн”, in Калмыцко-русскій словарь [Kalmyk-Russian dictionary], Saint-Petersburg: Типографія императорской академіи наук, page 293

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