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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

somon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
somon
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of sum (“Mongolian administrative division”), particularly in relation to Buryatia, Russia.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Russian сомон (somon), from Buryat сомон (somon), from Mongolian ᠰᠤᠮᠤ (sumu). Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: сомон, ᠰᠤᠮᠤ, *sumun

Inflected Forms

somons (plural)

Questions

What does somon mean?
Alternative form of sum (“Mongolian administrative division”), particularly in relation to Buryatia, Russia.
Where does somon come from?
It is traced to Russian.

How to pronounce somon

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