талан

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowing from a Turkic language. Cognates include Turkish talan, Kyrgyz талан (talan), and Old Turkic tala (All false friends except Kyrgyz). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɐˈɫan]

Noun

тала́н (talán) m inan (genitive талану́, uncountable)

  1. destiny, fate
    1. favourable destiny.
  2. success
    Synonym: у́спіх (úspix)
  3. talent
    Synonyms: хист (xyst), тала́нт (talánt)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), талан”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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