кыйын

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kïyïn.[1][2] Cognate with Kazakh қиын (qiyn), Uyghur قىيىن (qiyin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qɯjɯn/

Adjective

кыйын • (kıyın) (comparative [please provide], superlative [please provide], Arabic spelling قىيىن)

  1. harsh, hard, difficult

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kı:n (kı:ñ)”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 631
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨ̄jn”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kïyïn.

Adjective

кыйын • (kïyïn)

  1. work, troubles
  2. difficult, hard
  3. torment, suffering, punishment

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кыйын”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
  • Studia Turcologica cracoviensia 7, 102 pages.
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