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Etymology 1 edit

From люлю (ljulju), an interjection used to lull babies. Compare to English lull, Swedish lulla (to lull), Icelandic lúlla (to lull).

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лю́лька (ljúlʹkaf inan (genitive лю́льки, nominative plural лю́льки, genitive plural лю́лек)

  1. cradle (oscillating bed for a baby)
    Synonym: колыбе́ль (kolybélʹ)
    • Лев Толстой, Хозяин и работник 1895:
      На на́рах сиде́ла ба́ба над лю́лькою
      Na nárax sidéla bába nad ljúlʹkoju
      The old lady laid on a plank-bed over a cradle
  2. (construction) suspended scaffold, cradle (lifting device)
  3. (military) gun cradle (mount for the barrel of an artillery piece on a gun carriage)
  4. (colloquial) sidecar (of a motorcycle)
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Etymology 2 edit

From Turkic (Ottoman Turkish لوله (lüle)), ultimately from Persian لوله (lule).

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лю́лька (ljúlʹkaf inan (genitive лю́льки, nominative plural лю́льки, genitive plural лю́лек)

  1. (colloquial, regional) tobacco pipe
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Etymology 1 edit

From Turkic (Ottoman Turkish لوله (lüle)), ultimately from Persian لوله (lule).

Noun edit

лю́лька (ljúlʹkaf inan (genitive лю́льки, nominative plural лю́льки, genitive plural лю́льок, relational adjective люлькови́й)

  1. tobacco pipe
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Etymology 2 edit

From люлі (ljuli), an interjection used to lull babies.

Noun edit

лю́лька (ljúlʹkaf inan (genitive лю́льки, nominative plural лю́льки, genitive plural лю́льок, relational adjective люлькови́й)

  1. cradle (oscillating bed for a baby)
    Synonym: коли́ска (kolýska)
  2. cradle (a mechanism for lifting things)
  3. sidecar
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