күн

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kun"

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kȫn (“tanned skin, leather”).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (kön, “leather”); Kazakh көн (kön, “leather”), Azerbaijani gön (“leather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏn/
• Hyphenation: күн (one syllable)

Noun

күн • (kün)

1. leather

Declension

Inflection of күн (kün)

	singular only
absolute	күн (kün)
definite genitive	күндең (kündeñ)
dative	күнгә (küngə)
definite accusative	күнде (künde)
locative	күндә (kündə)
ablative	күндән (kündən)

Dolgan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kün (“sun, day”).

Noun

күн • (kün)

1. day
2. sun

Kalmyk

Cyrillic	Clear Script
күн (kün)	ᡍᡉᡉᠨ(küün)

Etymology

From күмн (kümn) with an irregular /m/ loss, itself from Proto-Mongolic *kümün. Cognate with Mongolian хүн (xün).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyn/

Noun

күн • (kün) (plural күмс or улс or әмтн)

1. human, man
2. someone, somebody

Usage notes

The plural күмс (küms), a suppletivized form which is actually a plural of күмн (kümn), is rarely used. Instead, the spoken language utilizes words such as улс (uls) or әмтн (ämtn), both meaning "people".

Related terms

• күмн (kümn)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	كۇن
İske imlâ	كون
Cyrillic	күн
Latin	kün
Yañalif	kyn

Etymology

Inherited from Kipchak کون (kūn /⁠kün⁠/, “the sun; a day”), from Common Turkic *kün (“the sun; a day”), from Proto-Turkic *kün (“the sun; a day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰʉ̞n]
• (Kyzylkum dialect) IPA^(key): [ɡʉ̞n]
• Hyphenation: күн

Noun

күн • (kün)

1. the sun
2. a day

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Kipchak کون (kün, “sun, day”), from Proto-Turkic *kün (“sun, day”).

Noun

күн • (kün) (Arabic spelling كۉن)

1. sun
2. day
3. weather

Uyghur

Noun

күн • (kün)

1. day

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kün (“sun; day”). Cognate with Tuvan хүн (xün), Khakas кӱн (kün), Southern Altai кӱн (kün), Kazakh күн (kün), Turkish gün.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyn/, [ky˕n]

Noun

күн • (kün)

1. (astronomy) sun

   Hypernym: сулус (sulus, “star”)

2. (time) day

   Synonym: хонук (qonuk)

   Antonym: түүн (tüün, “night”)

   Holonym: нэдиэлэ (nediele, “week”)

   Meronym: чаас (caas, “hour”)

3. day (on a calendar, for example төрөөбүт күн (törööbüt kün, “birthday”))

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Coordinate terms

• ый (ıy, “moon; month”)

Derived terms

• күн киириитэ (kün kiiriite, “sunset”)
• күн ортото (kün ortoto, “noon, midday”)
• күн тахсыыта (kün taqsııta, “sunrise”)
• күн ытарҕата (kün ıtarğata, “sun shower”)
• күн өлүүтэ (kün ölüüte, “solar eclipse”)
• күн-ый (kün-ıy, “time”)
• күннүк (künnük, “diary”)
• (adverb, noun) күнүс (künüs, “daytime, during the day”)
• (adjective) күнүскү (künüskü, “daytime”)
• түүн-күнүс (tüün-künüs, “day and night”)