өлкән

See also: елкен and елкән

Bashkir

Etymology

Cognate with Kazakh үлкен (ülken, “large, big”), Kumyk үьйкен (үʹyken), Kyrgyz үлкөн (ülkön), Uzbek ulkan (“large, big”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʏ̞lˈkæn]
Hyphenation: өл‧кән

Adjective

өлкән • (ölkən)

big

Synonyms

ҙур (źur), дәү (dəw), оло (olo), эре (ere)

Antonyms

бәләкәй (bələkəy), бәләкәс (bələkəs), кесе (kese), кескәй (keskəy)

References

Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) “үлкен”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, page 630

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