күүкн

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Kalmyk

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. girl, female child, lady
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References

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