künaylan

Crimean TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

kün (“day, sun”) +‎ aylanmaq (“to spin”), referencing its sunlikeness and heliotropism towards sunlight. Compare, for example, French tournesol.

NounEdit

künaylan

sunflower
künaylan yağı ― sunflower oil

DeclensionEdit

Declension of künaylan

	singular	plural
nominative	künaylan	künaylanlar
genitive	künaylannıñ	künaylanlarnıñ
dative	künaylanğa	künaylanlarğa
accusative	künaylannı	künaylanlarnı
locative	künaylanda	künaylanlarda
ablative	künaylandan	künaylanlardan

ReferencesEdit

Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
“künaylan”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)