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 • (transliteration needed)

1. (idiomatic) this and that, such-and-such; and so on and so forth (unnamed, unstated)

   Ниңә иртәрәк килмәнегеҙ, фәлән-төгән тип һуҡрана башланы.

   (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