јуун

Southern Altai

Etymology

From ју- (ǰu-). Cognate to Kyrgyz жыйын (jıyın, collecting, gathering, meeting), Kazakh жыйын (jyiyn, crowd, throng, assemblage), Tatar җыен (cıyen, collecting, gathering), Bashkir йыйын (yıyın, company), Turkish yığın (bulk), etc.

Noun

јуун • (ǰuun)

  1. collecting, gathering, meeting

References

  • Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Nauka, page 272