белән

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Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bile (“with; together, also”).

Cognate with Bashkir менән (menən), Uyghur بىلەن (bilen), Turkish ile.

The sense of "happy […] " is a semantic loan from Russian с (s).[1]

Conjunction

белән • (belän) (Latin spelling belän)

  1. belong, with, together
  2. happy […] (expression of congratulations: may you have a happy […])
    Synonym: котлы булсын (qotlı bulsın, “[it] will be beautiful”)
    Туган көнең белән!
    Tuğan köneñ belän!
    Happy birthday!
    (literally, “With your birthday!”)

References

  1. ^ “Урок 24: Туган көн (День рождения)”, in Азатлык радиосы [Azatlıq radiosı]‎[1], 25 September 2018
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