оҙон

See also: озон

Bashkir

Etymology

From Common Turkic *uzun (long), from Proto-Turkic *uŕï-n (long).[1]

Compare Old Uyghur [script needed] (uzun, long);[2] Kazakh ұзын (ūzyn, long), Kyrgyz узун (uzun, long), Kumyk узун (uzun, long), Uzbek uzun (long), Turkish uzun (long), Yakut уһун (uhun, long), Chuvash вӑрӑм (vărăm, long).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʊ̞.ˈðʊ̞n]
  • Hyphenation: о‧ҙон

Adjective

оҙон • (oźon)

  1. long
    Оҙон юлда эт тә иптәшкә ярай.
    Oźon yulda et tə iptəşkə yaray.
    On a long road (trip), a dog is ok to keep you company (=is better than no company at all).
  2. (of people's stature) tall
    Оҙон буйлы егет.
    Oźon buylı yeget.
    A tall-statured young man.

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References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “**uŕɨ-n, *uŕa-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 621
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