акырын

Southern Altai

Etymology

From *aqïrïn "slowly, quietly, cautiously", from a verbal stem *aqïr-/aqur- "to move (act) slowly, cautiously", as evidenced in Old Uyghur [script needed] (aquru, quietly; cautiously); Yakut аҕырыа (ağırıa, to be moderate).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (aqrun, quitely); Kazakh ақырын (aqyryn, slowly, quietly), Kyrgyz акырын (akırın, slowly, quietly), Uzbek aqirin (slowly), Khakas ағрин (ağrin, slowly, quietly, gradually), etc.

Adverb

акырын • (akïrïn)

  1. slowly
  2. slow

Adjective

акырын • (akïrïn)

  1. slow

Further reading

  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “акырын”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN, page 249
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 14

Tatar

Etymology

From *aqïrïn "slowly, quietly, cautiously", from a verbal stem *aqïr-/aqur- "to move (act) slowly, cautiously", as evidenced in Old Uyghur [script needed] (aquru, quietly; cautiously); Yakut аҕырыа (ağırıa, to be moderate).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (aqrun, quitely); Kazakh ақырын (aqyryn, slowly, quietly), Kyrgyz акырын (akırın, slowly, quietly), Southern Altai акырын (akïrïn, slowly), Uzbek aqirin (slowly), Khakas ағрин (ağrin, slowly, quietly, gradually), etc.

Adverb

акырын • (aqırın)

  1. slowly