йыуан

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yogan (“thick”).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (joγan, “thick”); Kazakh жуан (juan), Kyrgyz жоон (joon), Southern Altai јоон (ǰoon), Uzbek yoʻgʻon, Turkish yoğun, Yakut суон (suon, “thick”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jʊˈwɑn]
• Hyphenation: йы‧уан

Adjective

йыуан • (yıwan)

1. thick (of roundish, elongated objects); heavy in build, thickset
2. (of people) fat, overweight (traditionally seen as neutral or desired quality)

Synonyms

• (of people) һимеҙ (himeź), таҙа (taźa)

Antonyms

• нәҙек (nəźek)

See also

• ҡалын (qalın, “thick”) (of flat objects)