See also: елкен and елкән

Bashkir

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Etymology

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Cognate with Kazakh үлкен (ülken, large, big), Kumyk үьйкен, Kyrgyz үлкөн (ülkön), Uzbek ulkan (large, big).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʏ̞lˈkæn]
  • Hyphenation: өл‧кән

Adjective

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өлкән (ölkən)

  1. big

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References

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  1. ^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) “үлкен”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, page 630