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Etymology edit

Compound of kol (arm) +‎ kanat (wing) +‎ olmak (to be, to become), literally to be an arm and a wing. Cognate with Kazakh қол қанат (qol qanat, helper), қол қанат болу (qol qanat bolu, to be helper).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /koɫ.kaˈnat.oɫ.mak/
  • Hyphenation: kol‧ka‧nat‧ol‧mak

Verb edit

kol kanat olmak (third-person singular simple present kol kanat olur)

  1. (intransitive, with dative, idiomatic) To help, to protect, to take under one's wing.

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