күн

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kun"

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kȫn (“tanned skin, leather”).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (kön, “leather”);[1] Kazakh көн (kön, “leather”), Azerbaijani gön (“leather”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʏn/
  • Hyphenation: күн (one syllable)

Noun

күн • (kün)

  1. leather

Declension

References

  1. 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)

  1. day
  2. sun

Kalmyk

Cyrillic Clear Script
күн (kün) ᡍᡉᡉᠨ(küün)

Etymology

From күмн (kümn) with an irregular /m/ loss, itself from Proto-Mongolic *kümün. Cognate with Mongolian хүн (xün).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kyn/

Noun

күн • (kün) (plural күмс or улс or әмтн)

  1. human, man
  2. 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".

  • күмн (kümn)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كۇن
İske imlâ كون
Cyrillic күн
Latin kün
Yañalif kyn

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

  • IPA(key): [kʰʉ̞n]
  • (Kyzylkum dialect) IPA(key): [ɡʉ̞n]
  • Hyphenation: күн

Noun

күн • (kün)

  1. the sun
  2. 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)

  1. sun
  2. day
  3. weather

Uyghur

Noun

күн • (kün)

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /kyn/, [ky˕n]

Noun

күн • (kün)

  1. (astronomy) sun
    Hypernym: сулус (sulus, “star”)
  2. (time) day
    Synonym: хонук (qonuk)
    Antonym: түүн (tüün, “night”)
    Holonym: нэдиэлэ (nediele, “week”)
    Meronym: чаас (caas, “hour”)
  3. day (on a calendar, for example төрөөбүт күн (törööbüt kün, “birthday”))

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Coordinate terms

  • ый (ıy, “moon; month”)

Derived terms

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