bûn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bun"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of bûn – see (“mark, pattern, design, tattoo, decoration; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of bûn – see (“line; streak; stripe; grain; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of bûn – see (“to hear; to listen; to smell; to detect; to get a sniff at; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of bûn – see (“gate; door; entrance; opening; portal; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of bûn – see (“mosquito; yuan; dollar; buck; ringgit; dong; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).
For pronunciation and definitions of bûn – see (“multicoloured clouds”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic بوُن

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːn/

Noun

bûn (definite accusative bûnı, plural bûnlar)

  1. alternative form of bôyın (neck)

Declension

Declension of bûn
singular plural
nominative bûn bûnlar
genitive bûnııñ bûnlarııñ
dative bûnqa bûnlarqa
definite accusative bûnı bûnları
locative bûnça bûnlarça
ablative bûnda bûnlarda
instrumental bûnla bûnlarla
equative bûnvâra bûnlarvâra

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *báwati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *báwati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

Cognates with Avestan 𐬠𐬈𐬎𐬎- (beuu-), Middle Persian and Sogdian [script needed] (bu-), Persian بودن, Central Kurdish بوون (bûn), Zazaki , Gurani [script needed] (biyay), Sanskrit भवति (bhavati), Russian быть (bytʹ), Lithuanian būti, Ancient Greek φύω (phúō), Latin fuī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːn
  • Hyphenation: bûn

Verb

bûn (Arabic spelling بوون)

  1. be
  2. become, get

Conjugation