көңіл

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	كوڭىل
Cyrillic	көңіл
Latin	köñıl
Yañalif	kɵꞑjl

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰚𐰇𐰭𐰠 (köŋül), from Proto-Turkic *köyŋ-il (“heart, mood”). Cognate with Crimean Tatar göñül or köñül (Northern Dialect), Turkmen göwün, Gagauz gön, Uzbek koʻngil, Uyghur كۆڭۈل (kö'ngül), Bashkir and Tatar күңел (küñel), Yakut көҥүл (köñül, “will, freedom”), Dolgan көҥүл (“permission”), Chuvash кӑмӑл (kămăl).

Noun

көңіл • (köñıl)

1. (poetic) soul, heart

Derived terms

• көңілді (köñıldı), көңілділік (köñıldılık)
• көңілсіз (köñılsız, “sad, joyless”)