Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From *quban- (to be glad, rejoice), from Proto-Turkic *kïb (luck, happiness).[1]

Cognate with Kazakh қуану (quanu), Kyrgyz кубан- (kuban-), Karachay-Balkar къууаныргъа (quuanırğa), Uzbek quvonmoq, Turkmen guwanmak (to be glad, rejoice).

Verb edit

ҡыуаныу (qıwanıw)

  1. to be glad, rejoice
    Synonyms: һөйөнөү (höyönöw), шатланыу (şatlanıw)

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨb”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill