фәлән-төгән

Bashkir

Etymology

From Arabic فُلَان (fulān, “so-and-so”). The etymology of the second component remains to be explained

Compare with Kazakh пәлен-түген (pälen-tügen), Kyrgyz балан-түкүн (balan-tükün)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fæ.ˈlæn.tʏ̞ˈɡæn]
  • Hyphenation: фә‧лән-тө‧гән

Adjective

фәлән-төгән • (fələn-tögən)

  1. (idiomatic) this and that, such-and-such; and so on and so forth (unnamed, unstated)
    Ниңә иртәрәк килмәнегеҙ, фәлән-төгән тип һуҡрана башланы.
    Niñə irtərək kilmənegeź, fələn-tögən tip huqrana başlanı.
    (He) started to grumble: "Why didn't you come earlier", and so on and so forth.
  2. blah blah blah A placeholder for trivial, obvious, or boring content
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