хун

Kabardian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʷən]

Verb

хун • (xʷun)

1. to drive

   шыхэр псым хун.

   šəxɛr psəm xʷun.

   To drive the horses to the water.

2. to roll out ((to cause to revolve)

   тхьэв хун.

   tḥɛv xʷun.

   To roll out the dough.

Synonyms

• фын (fən) (Adyghe)

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Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kun (“white swan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʊn/

Noun

хун • (xun)

1. swan

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Tajik

Etymology

Compare Persian خون (xun), from Middle Persian xūn, probably a shortened form of *woxūn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xun/

Noun

Dari	خون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хун

хун • (xun)

1. blood

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Yagnobi

Etymology

From *xumn < *xubn, compare Tajik хоб (xob), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swep-. Compare Kurdish.

Noun

хун (xun)

1. dream
2. sleep