құйын

Kazakh

Etymology

From earlier *quyun (“whirlwind”), probably from a Mongolic source, from Proto-Mongolic *kuï (“whirlwind”), compare Mongolian хуй (xuj, “whirlwind”).

Cognate with Tatar коен (qoyen), Bashkir ҡойон (qoyon), Kyrgyz куюн (kuyun), Southern Altai куюн (kuyun), Uzbek quyun, Uyghur قۇيۇن (quyun), Khakas хуюн (xuyun, “whirlwind”).

Noun

құйын • (qūiyn)

  1. whirlwind; waterspout
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