булан

Kumyk

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bile (“with, together, also”). Cognate with Shor -пиле/ пула/ пла, Kazakh -бен (-ben), Karachay-Balkar бла (bla), Tuvan биле (bile), Western Yugur pli, Turkish ile (“and, with”).

Postposition

булан • (bulan)

1. with
2. through, by means of
   • 1910, Batırmurza, Nuhay, Языкъ Гьабибат [Poor Habibat]‎^[1]:

     Б… губернада К… деген юртда Абдулла деген, савдюгерлик булан къазанып, уллу бай болгъан гиши бар эди.

     B… gubernada K… degen yurtda Abdulla degen, sawdügerlik bulan qazanıp, ullu bay bolğan gişi bar edi.

     In the village K... of the governorate B... there was a person by the name of Abdulla, who had become a very rich man by earning [money] through trade.

Conjunction

булан • (bulan)

1. and

Usage notes

• Used to coordinate noun phrases. For the clausal conjunction and, see ва (wa).

Further reading

• Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “булан”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bulan. Compare to Southern Altai булан (bulan, “moose, elk”), etc.

Noun

булан • (bulan) (Arabic spelling بۇلان)

1. moose, elk

Mongolian

Noun

булан • (bulan) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠤᠯᠤᠩ (bulung))

1. corner

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bulan.

Noun

булан • (bulan)

1. moose, elk

References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “булан”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN