күгәүен

Bashkir

Күгәүен

Etymology

From *kökegün (“gadfly”), Proto-Turkic *gȫk (“blue”).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (kökägün, “fly?”); Tatar кигәвен (kiğäwen, “gadfly”), Kyrgyz көгөөн (kögöön, “gadfly”), Southern Altai кӧгӧн (kögön, “gadfly”), Uyghur كۆكۈيۈن‎ (köküyün, “gadfly”), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʏ.ɡæ.ˈwɪ̞n]
  • Hyphenation: кү‧гә‧үен

Noun

күгәүен • (kügäwen)

  1. gadfly, botfly, horsefly; any of Tabanidae spp., Oestridae spp.

Declension

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