күкірт

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كۇكىرت
Cyrillic күкірт
Latin kükırt

Etymology

From Persian گوگرد (gugerd).

Cognate with Azerbaijani kükürd, Bashkir көкөрт (kökört), Chuvash кӳкӗрт (kük̬ĕrt), Georgian გოგირდი (gogirdi), Urdu گوگرد (gugird, gogird), Kyrgyz күкүрт (kükürt), Ottoman Turkish گوگرد (gûgird), Mongolian хүхэр (xüxer), Tatar күкерт (kükert), Turkish kükürt, Turkmen kükürt, Uzbek oltingugurt, Uyghur گۈڭگۈرت (günggürt), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʉˈkirt]

Noun

күкірт • (kükırt)

  1. sulphur/sulfur
  2. (dialectal) match (a device to make fire)
    Synonym: сіріңке (sırıñke)

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