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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قورشون (kurşun, “lead”), from Common Turkic *qorɣušïn (“lead”), from Proto-Turkic *korguĺčïn (“lead”).
Cognates with Karakhanid قُرُغْژٖينْ (qoruγžï̄n, “lead”), Kyrgyz коргошун (korgoşun), Kazakh қорғасын (qorğasyn), Turkmen gurşun, Azerbaijani qurğuşun, Bashkir ҡурғаш (qurğaş), Tatar кургаш (qurgaş), Uyghur قوغۇشۇن (qoghushun), Uzbek qoʻrgʻoshin and Mongolian хорголжин (xorgolžin), the latter being a Turkic borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuɾˈʃun/
- Hyphenation: kur‧şun
Adjective
kurşun
- leaden
Noun
kurşun (definite accusative kurşunu, plural kurşunlar)
- lead (chemical element)
- (firearms) musket ball
- (firearms, by extension from the former) bullet
- Synonym: mermi
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