Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yel (wind). Cognate with Tatar җил (cil), Southern Altai јел (ǰel) .

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /jɪ̞l/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ел (one syllable)

Noun edit

ел (yel)

  1. wind
    Ел тирмәне.
    Yel tirməne.
    Windmill.
    Ел ҡайһы яҡтан өрә?
    Yel qayhı yaqtan örə?
    From which direction is the wind blowing?
    Мин сапҡанда ел ҡубыр,// Таш та ятып түҙәлмәҫ, // Һыу тулҡыныр-ҡайнашыр, // Һыуҙа балыҡ йөҙәлмәҫ.
    Min sapqanda yel qubır,// Taş ta yatıp tüźəlməś, // Hıw tulqınır-qaynaşır, // Hıwźa balıq yöźəlməś.
    When I gallop, the wind will rise, a stone won't rest unmoved, the water will run high and boil, the fish won't be able to swim in the water.

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic ەل
Cyrillic ел
Latin el

Noun edit

ел (el)

  1. people, mass
  2. population
  3. nation, country
    дамыған елдерdamyğan elderdeveloped countries
    дамушы елдерdamuşy elderdeveloping countries
    неғұрлым аз дамыған елдерneğūrlym az damyğan elderleast developing countries

Declension edit

See also edit

Kumyk edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yẹl.

Noun edit

ел (yel)

  1. wind
  2. intestinal gas

Declension edit

Further reading edit

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

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ел (jel)

  1. masculine singular past indicative imperfective of есть (jestʹ)

Tatar edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yïl (year). Cognate with Azerbaijani il, Bashkir йыл (yıl), Kazakh жыл (jyl), Turkish yıl.

Noun edit

ел (yel)

  1. year

Udi edit

Etymology edit

From Aghwan 𐔴𐔾 (el, salt)

Noun edit

ел (el)

  1. salt

Further reading edit

  • Gippert, Jost, Schulze, Wolfgang (2023) “The Language of the Caucasian Albanians”, in Jost Gippert and Jasmine Dum-Tragut, editors, The Language of the Caucasian Albanians, Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, pages 167–229
  • Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974) “ел”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary]‎[1], Baku: Academy Press, page 121