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قوین

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kōń (“bosom”);[1][2] cognate with Azerbaijani qoyun, Bashkir ҡуйын (quyın), Chuvash хӳ (hü), Kazakh қойын (qoiyn), Kyrgyz койын (koyın), Southern Altai койын (koyïn), Turkmen goýun, Uyghur قويۇن (qoyun) and Uzbek qo’yin.

Noun

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قوین • (koyun) (definite accusative قوینی (koynu), plural قوینلر (koyunlar))

  1. bosom, in-between the arms, the breast or chest of a human or of an animal
    Synonyms: آغوش (aguş), حجر (hacr), قوجاق (kucak)
  2. bosom, the part of a garment or clothing that covers the chest or the breasts
    Synonym: حجر (hacr)
  3. breast pocket, a small pocket on a jacket or shirt, located over one's chest
    Synonyms: حجر (hacr), قوین جیبی (koyun cebi)
  4. besom pocket, a pocket on the inside of a garment, accessed through a slit
    Synonym: قوین جیبی (koyun cebi)
  5. pocket formed by the folded halves of the upper clothing extending to the girdle
    Synonym: قوین جیبی (koyun cebi)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Gagauz: koynu
  • Turkish: koyun

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ko:ñ-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 631
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kōjn”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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