Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orkhon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: orkhon
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Old Turkic script.

name

A tributary of the Selenga in Mongolia.

name

A valley in Mongolia surrounding the river of the same name

name

A province and aimag of Mongolia. Capital: Erdenet.

name

A district and sum of Bulgan, Mongolia.

name

A district and sum of Darkhan-Uul, Mongolia.

name

A district and sum of Selenge, Mongolia.

noun

A sheep of a Mongolian breed developed in 1961, reared primarily for wool.

Example Sentences

"Extensive deposits of copper and molybdenum ore, situated some 200 miles northwest of Ulan Bator between the Selenga and Orkhon Rivers, will eventually be extracted by open‐pit methods and processed at the still unfinished town of Erdenet."

Etymology

From French Orkhon, from Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠬᠣᠨ (orqon), a valley and river in central Mongolia where Old Turkic inscriptions were discovered.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Orkhon, ᠣᠷᠬᠣᠨ

Inflected Forms

Orhon (alternative) Orkon (alternative) Orkhons (plural)

Questions

What does orkhon mean?: The Old Turkic script.
Where does orkhon come from?: It is traced to French.

How to pronounce orkhon

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