толқын

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic تولقىن
Cyrillic толқын
Latin tolqyn
Yañalif tolqьn
Толқын (sense 1)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tolku-n (wave), from *tolku- (to get disturbed (of water)). Cognate with Tatar дулкын (dulkın), Bashkir тулҡын (tulqın), Kyrgyz толкун (tolkun), Uzbek to'lqin, Uyghur تولقۇن (tolqun), Turkmen tolkun, Yakut долгун (dolgun, wave), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [toɫˈqən]

Noun

толқын • (tolqyn)

  1. wave (disturbance on water surface)
  2. (figuratively) wave (sudden temporary rise in an activity)
  3. (physics) wave (movement of energy in a medium)

Declension

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