Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From *erkin (free; spacious), derived from Proto-Turkic *erik (strength, might, will, power).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (irkin, a nobility title);[1] Kumyk эркин (erkin, free), Kazakh еркін (erkın, free), Southern Altai эркин (erkin, freedom, liberty), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /irˈkɪ̞n/
  • Hyphenation: ир‧кен

Adjective edit

иркен (irken)

  1. spacious, roomy
    Antonyms: тар (tar), тығыҙ (tığıź)
  2. free, unconstrained, uninhibited

References edit

  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 212