el gün
Turkish
editEtymology
editel (“nation, people”) + gün (“foreign people”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēl (“realm, people”) and Proto-Turkic *kün (“foreign people”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (elgün), Karakhanid [script needed] (el kün), and Azerbaijani el gün. [1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editUsage notes
edit- Frequently found in the expression ele güne karşı (“in front of strangers”).
References
edit- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kün”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “el gün”, in Nişanyan Sözlük