ᠴᡈᡉᠨ

Written Oirat

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *ǯeɣün (“East; left”).[1] Cognate with Mongolian ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ (ǰegün).

Adjective

ᠴᡈᡉᠨ (zöün)

  1. left
  2. east
Descendants
  • Kalmyk: зүн (zün)
  • → Tuvan: чөөн (čöön)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mongolic *ǯeɣü-wün (“needle”).[2] Cognate with Mongolian ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠦ (ǰegüü).

Noun

ᠴᡈᡉᠨ (zöün)

  1. needle

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ǯeɣün”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ǯeɣü-wün”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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