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Bashkir
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kȫn (“tanned skin, leather”).
Cognate with
Karakhanid (kön, “leather”);[1]
Kazakh көн (kön, “leather”),
Azerbaijani gön (“leather”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʏn/
- Hyphenation: күн (one syllable)
Noun
күн • (kün)
- leather
Declension
Inflection of күн (kün)
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singular only
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absolute
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күн (kün)
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definite genitive
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күндең (kündeñ)
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dative
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күнгә (küngə)
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definite accusative
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күнде (künde)
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locative
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күндә (kündə)
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ablative
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күндән (kündən)
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References
- ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 314
Dolgan
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kün (“sun, day”).
Noun
күн • (kün)
- day
- sun
Kalmyk
Etymology
From күмн (kümn) with an irregular /m/ loss, itself from Proto-Mongolic *kümün. Cognate with Mongolian хүн (xün).
Pronunciation
Noun
күн • (kün) (plural күмс or улс or әмтн)
- human, man
- someone, somebody
Usage notes
The plural күмс (küms), a suppletivized form which is actually a plural of күмн (kümn), is rarely used. Instead, the spoken language utilizes words such as улс (uls) or әмтн (ämtn), both meaning "people".
Kazakh
Etymology
Inherited from Kipchak کون (kūn /kün/, “the sun; a day”), from Common Turkic *kün (“the sun; a day”), from Proto-Turkic *kün (“the sun; a day”).
Pronunciation
Noun
күн • (kün)
- the sun
- a day
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Kyrgyz
Etymology
From Kipchak کون (kün, “sun, day”), from Proto-Turkic *kün (“sun, day”).
Noun
күн • (kün) (Arabic spelling كۉن)
- sun
- day
- weather
Uyghur
Noun
күн • (kün)
- day
Yakut
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kün (“sun; day”). Cognate with Tuvan хүн (xün), Khakas кӱн (kün), Southern Altai кӱн (kün), Kazakh күн (kün), Turkish gün.
Pronunciation
Noun
күн • (kün)
- (astronomy) sun
- Hypernym: сулус (sulus, “star”)
- (time) day
- Synonym: хонук (qonuk)
- Antonym: түүн (tüün, “night”)
- Holonym: нэдиэлэ (nediele, “week”)
- Meronym: чаас (caas, “hour”)
- day (on a calendar, for example төрөөбүт күн (törööbüt kün, “birthday”))
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- күн киириитэ (kün kiiriite, “sunset”)
- күн ортото (kün ortoto, “noon, midday”)
- күн тахсыыта (kün taqsııta, “sunrise”)
- күн ытарҕата (kün ıtarğata, “sun shower”)
- күн өлүүтэ (kün ölüüte, “solar eclipse”)
- күн-ый (kün-ıy, “time”)
- күннүк (künnük, “diary”)
- (adverb, noun) күнүс (künüs, “daytime, during the day”)
- (adjective) күнүскү (künüskü, “daytime”)
- түүн-күнүс (tüün-künüs, “day and night”)