Bashkir

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jæˈjɪ̞n]
  • Hyphenation: йә‧йен

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *yāy-ïn (in the summer, during summer), from *yāy (summer, spring).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (jajïn, in the summer); Kyrgyz жайын (jayın, during summer), Tuvan чайын (çayın, in the summer), Yakut сайын (sayın, summer), Dolgan һайын (summer).

Adverb

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йәйен (yəyen)

  1. in the summer
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Etymology 2

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Йәйен.

From Proto-Turkic *yāyïn (catfish, sheat-fish; salmon).

Cognate with Tatar җәен (cäyen, catfish), Kazakh жайын (jaiyn, catfish), Nogai яйын (yayın, catfish), Kumyk яйын (yayın, catfish), Kyrgyz жайын (jayın, catfish), Southern Altai јайын (ǰayïn, catfish), Chuvash ҫуйӑн (śujăn, catfish).

Noun

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йәйен (yəyen)

  1. catfish, sheatfish, Silurus glanis
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