ҡыуаныу

Bashkir

Etymology

From *quban- (“to be glad, rejoice”), from Proto-Turkic *kïb (“luck, happiness”).[1]

Cognate with Kazakh қуану (quanu), Kyrgyz кубан- (kuban-), Karachay-Balkar къууаныргъа (quuanırğa), Uzbek quvonmoq, Turkmen guwanmak (“to be glad, rejoice”).

Verb

ҡыуаныу • (qıwanıw)

  1. to be glad, rejoice
    Synonyms: һөйөнөү (höyönöw), шатланыу (şatlanıw)

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