Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ulug (big, great, grown-up).

Cognate with Bashkir оло (olo), Kazakh ұлы (ūly), Tatar олы (olı), Turkish ulu, Turkmen uly.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uˈluː/
  • Hyphenation: у‧луу

Adjective

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улуу (uluu) (comparative улуураак, superlative эң улуу, Arabic spelling ۇلۇۇ)

  1. great
  2. elder
  3. dragon