Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bedük (big; tall).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (bedük, big), Old Uyghur pʾdwk (bedük, big); Bashkir бейек (beyek), Tatar биек (biyek, high, tall), Kazakh биік (biık, high, tall), Karachay-Balkar мийик (miyik, high, tall), Southern Altai бийик (biyik), Crimean Tatar büyük, Kumyk бийик (biyik), Khakas пӧзік, Shor мӧзӱк, Tuvan бедик (bedik), Western Yugur pezik, Uzbek buyuk, Azerbaijani böyük, Turkish büyük, etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biˈjic/
  • Hyphenation: би‧йик

Adjective

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бийик (biyik)

  1. tall
  2. high

Derived terms

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Nogai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bedük.

Adjective

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бийик (biyik)

  1. tall, high

References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “бийик”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bedük (big; tall).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (bedük, big), Old Uyghur pʾdwk (bedük, big); Bashkir бейек (beyek), Tatar биек (biyek, high, tall), Kazakh биік (biık, high, tall), Karachay-Balkar мийик (miyik, high, tall), Kyrgyz бийик (biyik), Crimean Tatar büyük, Kumyk бийик (biyik), Khakas пӧзік, Shor мӧзӱк, Tuvan бедик (bedik), Western Yugur pezik, Uzbek buyuk, Azerbaijani böyük, Turkish büyük, etc.

Adjective

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бийик (biyik)

  1. tall
  2. high

Noun

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бийик (biyik)

  1. height

References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бийик”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN