Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mongolic *gurban, compare Mongolian гурав (gurav), Buryat гурбан (gurban).
Pronunciation[edit]
IPA(key): /ʁurˈwən/
Numeral[edit]
һурвн • (ğurvn) (Clear script spelling ᡎᡇᠷᡋᠠᠨ (ɣurban))
- three
һурвн • (ğurvn) (plural һурвд)
- triad (a type of Kalmyk poem that consists of three lines)
- Synonym: һурвнт (ğurvnt)
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- Һурвн цаһан
- Өсҗ йовхла – шүдн цаһан,
Көгшрәд ирхлә – үсн цаһан,
Үкхлә – ясн цаһан.
- Ğurvn tsağan
- Ösj yovxla – şüdn tsağan,
Kögşräd irxlä – üsn tsağan,
Ükxlä – yasn tsağan.
- Three things that are white
- When growing up, the teeth are white,
When getting old, the hair are white,
After death, the bones are white.
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