зүүн

Buryat

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *jexün.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuːŋ/
• Hyphenation: зүүн

Adjective

зүүн • (züün)

1. left

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mongolic *jexün.

Noun

зүүн • (züün)

1. 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)

1. left
2. 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)

1. 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