Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noyan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: noy-an
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a prince in feudal Mongolia

noun

commander of tumens and mingghans, military units of 10,000 and 1,000 soldiers respectively

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠨᠣᠶ᠋ᠠᠨ (noyan) and Middle Mongol [Term?].

Inflected Forms

noyans (plural)

Questions

What does noyan mean?: a prince in feudal Mongolia
Where does noyan come from?: Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠨᠣᠶ᠋ᠠᠨ (noyan) and Middle Mongol [Term?].

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