Bashkir

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Төйөн (sense 1)
 
Төйөн (sense 3)

Etymology

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From *tügün (knot), from Proto-Turkic *tüg- (to tie in a knot; make a loop), whence also төйөр, төймә, төйнә-.

Compare Old Uyghur [script needed] (tügün, knot);[1] Tatar төен (töen), Kazakh түйін (tüiın), Kumyk тююн (tüyun), Kyrgyz түйүн (tüyün), Southern Altai түйүн/түүн, Uzbek tugun, Uyghur تۈگۈن (tügün, knot), Khakas тӱӱнҷек (knot) (with a diminutive affix), Turkmen düwün (knot).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tʏ̞ˈjʏ̞n]
  • Hyphenation: тө‧йөн

Noun

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төйөн (transliteration needed)

  1. knot
  2. (anatomy) node, nodus
    Лимфа төйөнө.
    Lymph node.
  3. (botany) knurl, gnarl; a knot in wood
  4. bulge, knob, protuberance
  5. blob, clot
  6. (figurative) lump in one's throat; heavy heart; emotional problem
    Бында килгән һәр кешенең дә күңелен өйкәп торған төйөн бар. Шуны сисә белгәндә генә һин уға ысынлап ярҙам итә алаһың.
    Every person who comes here has an emotional problem (lit. rubbing his/her soul). The only way you can really help him/her is to find a way to untie that (knot).

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 595