үлкен

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ۇلكەن
Cyrillic үлкен
Latin ülken

Etymology

Possibly derived from earlier ülük, since there is үлкею (ülkeü) verb coming from the same root, which indicates last -n being a suffix. EDAL states that the word comes from Proto-Turkic *ulug, thus making it related to ұлы (ūly, “big, great”). Cognate with Bashkir өлкән (ölkən), Kyrgyz үлкөн (ülkön), Uzbek ulkan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʏlˈkøn]

Adjective

үлкен • (ülken)

  1. big, great

Synonyms

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