йыуан

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yogan (thick).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (joγan, thick); Kazakh жуан (juan), Kyrgyz жоон (joon), Southern Altai јоон (ǰoon), Uzbek yoʻgʻon, Turkish yoğun, Yakut суон (suon, thick), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jʊˈwɑn]
  • Hyphenation: йы‧уан

Adjective

йыуан • (yıwan)

  1. thick (of roundish, elongated objects); heavy in build, thickset
  2. (of people) fat, overweight (traditionally seen as neutral or desired quality)

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See also

  • ҡалын (qalın, thick) (of flat objects)
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