kıvanç
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *kïb (“luck, happiness”).[1] Cognate with Kazakh қуаныш (quanyş, “joy”), Kyrgyz кубаныч (kubanıc), etc.
Noun edit
kıvanç (definite accusative kıvancı, plural kıvançlar)
- pleasure
- kıvanç duymak ― to be proud of something (literally, “to feel pleasure”)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kɨb”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill