иркен

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Bashkir

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Etymology

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From *erkin (“free; spacious”), derived from Proto-Turkic *erik (“strength, might, will, power”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (irkin, “a nobility title”);[1] Kumyk эркин (erkin, “free”), Kazakh еркін (erkın, “free”), Southern Altai эркин (erkin, “freedom, liberty”), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /irˈkɪ̞n/
  • Hyphenation: ир‧кен

Adjective

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иркен • (irken)

  1. spacious, roomy
    Antonyms: тар (tar), тығыҙ (tığıź)
  2. free, unconstrained, uninhibited

References

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  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 212
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