акырын

Southern Altai

Etymology

From *aqïrïn "slowly, quietly, cautiously", from a verbal stem *aqïr-/aqur- "to move (act) slowly, cautiously", as evidenced in Old Uyghur [script needed] (aquru, “quietly; cautiously”); Yakut аҕырыа (ağırıa, “to be moderate”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (aqrun, “quitely”); Kazakh ақырын (aqyryn, “slowly, quietly”), Kyrgyz акырын (akırın, “slowly, quietly”), Uzbek aqirin (“slowly”), Khakas ағрин (ağrin, “slowly, quietly, gradually”), etc.

Adverb

акырын • (akïrïn)

  1. slowly

Further reading
  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “акырын”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
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