English Explanatory Dictionary

Khamnigan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Buryat people and Evenki people of Northeastern Asia (formerly called the Tungus people).
  2. A Mongolic language spoken around Mongolia, Russia and China

Word forms

Khamnigan Khamnigans Hamnigan

Etymology

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

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