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khamnigan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kham-ni-gan
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the Buryat people and Evenki people of Northeastern Asia (formerly called the Tungus people).

noun

A Mongolic language spoken around Mongolia, Russia and China

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠮᠨᠢᠭᠠᠨ (qamniɣan) from Tungusic Kamni (potamonym) + -gan (diminutive suffix).

Inflected Forms

Khamnigans (plural) Hamnigan (alternative)

Questions

What does khamnigan mean?
A member of the Buryat people and Evenki people of Northeastern Asia (formerly called the Tungus people).
Where does khamnigan come from?
Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠮᠨᠢᠭᠠᠨ (qamniɣan) from Tungusic Kamni (potamonym) + -gan (diminutive suffix).

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