-хан

See also: хан and Appendix:Variations of "han"

Mongolian

Etymology 1
MongolianCyrillic
᠊ᠬᠠᠨ
(-qan)		-хан
(-xan)

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠊ᠬᠠᠨ (-qan), from Middle Mongol ᠊ᠬᠠᠨ (-qan).

Suffix

-хан • (-xan)

  1. Forms the diminutive or affectionate form of nouns and adjectives.
  2. Forms the moderative, sometimes also contrarily the intensive degree of adjectives.
    ‎аагтай цай (aagtaj caj, “strong tea”) + ‎-хан (-xan) → ‎аагтайхан цай (aagtajxan caj, “somewhat strong tea; quite strong tea”)
Inflection
Vowel harmonic forms of -хан 
back vowelfront vowel
unrounded-хан
-xan		-хэн
-xen
rounded-хон
-xon		-хөн
-xön
See also

Etymology 2
MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠢᠨ
(kin)		-хан
(-xan)

Suffix

-хан • (-xan)

  1. Forms the associative plural from the genitive form of nouns.
Inflection
Vowel harmonic forms of -хан 
back vowelfront vowel
unrounded-хан
-xan		-хэн
-xen
rounded-хон
-xon		-хөн
-xön
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