koyun

• IPA^(key): /koˈjun/ (noun)

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.jun/ (verb)
• Hyphenation: ko‧yun

From Ottoman Turkish قویون (koyun), from Proto-Turkic *kōń. Cognate with Azerbaijani qoyun, Old Turkic 𐰸𐰆𐰪 (koñ), Turkmen goýun, Kazakh қой (qoi), Uzbek qo'y. Related to written Mongolian ᠬᠣᠨᠢᠨ (qonin, “sheep”), Mongolian хонь (xonʹ, “sheep”), Buryat хонин (xonin, “sheep”) and Kalmyk хөн (xön, “sheep”), but the nature of relationship is unclear; the Mongolic terms may be borrowed from Turkic. Pedersen derived all of these forms from Old Armenian խոյ (xoy), but in Doerfer's opinion this is phonetically impossible. Ačaṙyan too regards the resemblance to Old Armenian խոյ (xoy) as accidental.

koyun (definite accusative koyunu, plural koyunlar)

1. sheep
2. (figurative, derogatory, by extension) A person who tends to be led by others easily, specifically AKP voters.

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “koyun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (2000) “қой”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Indrik, page 23f.
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume 3, Yerevan: University Press, page 391a
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1590

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوین (koyun, “bosom”), from Proto-Turkic *kōń.

koyun (definite accusative koynu, plural koyunlar)

1. in-between the arms, embrace
2. Place between the bosom and clothing, sometimes used as storage of valuables.
3. (figurative) protective and compassionate environment

koyun

1. second-person plural imperative of koymak

koyun

1. genitive singular of koy
2. second-person singular possessive of koy

• “koyun”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “koyun”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2768