somon
English
editEtymology
editFrom Russian сомон (somon), from Buryat сомон (somon), from Mongolian ᠰᠤᠮᠤ (sumu). Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”).
Noun
editsomon (plural somons)
- Alternative form of sum (“Mongolian administrative division”), particularly in relation to Buryatia, Russia.
- 1993, John Colvin, Twice Around the World: Some Memoirs of Diplomatic Life in North Vietnam and Outer Mongolia:
- Next day we drove through hilly pasture, in which we observed two large flocks of cranes, to Kharkorin, once the imperial city of Ogodei Khan, now a somon centre and state farm lying in a great plain encircled by mountains.
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editsomon
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French saumon, from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsomon m (plural somoni)
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editTurkish
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editNoun
editsomon (definite accusative somonu, plural somonlar)
Declension
editYami
editEtymology
editPossibly a foreign borrowing.
Noun
editsomon
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