el gün

Turkish

Etymology

el (“nation, people”) +‎ gün (“foreign people”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēl (“realm, people”) and Proto-Turkic *kün (“foreign people”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (elgün), Karakhanid [script needed] (el kün), and Azerbaijani el gün. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /el ˈɡyn/

Noun

el gün

  1. strangers

Usage notes

  • Frequently found in the expression ele güne karşı (“in front of strangers”).

Descendants

  • → Armenian: էլ գյուն (ēl gyun)

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kün”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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