bön

From Old Swedish bø̄n, from Old Norse bœn, bón, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“curse, prayer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, say”).

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1. prayer
   1. A practice of communicating with one's God.
   2. The act of praying.
   3. The specific words or methods used for praying.
   4. A plea (like the more obscure meaning of prayer in English)

• böna
• förbön

• bön in Svensk ordbok.
• bön in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

From Ottoman Turkish بوك (böñ), from Proto-Turkic *bȫn (“stupid, foolish”). Cognate with Turkmen mȫn.

• IPA^(key): /bœn/

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bön

1. stupid

   Synonyms: ahmak, andaval, aptal, avanak, budala, embesil, salak

• bön bön bakmak

• “bön”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu