Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From *kökegün (gadfly), perhaps derived from Proto-Turkic *kȫk (blue).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (kökägün, fly?); Tatar кигәвен (kigäwen, gadfly), Kyrgyz көгөөн (kögöön, gadfly), Uyghur كۆكۈيۈن (köküyün, gadfly), etc.

Noun

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кӧгӧн (kögön)

  1. gadfly

References

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N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кӧгӧн”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN