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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
kün (“day, sun”) + aylanmaq (“to spin”), referencing its sunlikeness and heliotropism towards sunlight. Compare, for example, French tournesol.
Noun
künaylan
- sunflower
- künaylan yağı ― sunflower oil
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
- “künaylan”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)