тынсыу

Bashkir

Etymology

Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *dï̄n (“spirit, breath; rest”).[1] Cognate with Tatar тынчу (tınçu), Kazakh тыншу (tynşu, “stuffy, poorly ventilated”); compare also Kumyk тунчукъ (tunçuq, “stuffy, poorly ventilated”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tɯ̞n.ˈsɯ̞w]
  • Hyphenation: тын‧сыу

Adjective

тынсыу • (tınsıw)

  1. (air, room etc.) difficult to breath; poorly ventilated; stuffy
  2. (weather) close, oppressive, sultry, muggy

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dɨ̄n”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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