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жану

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic جانۋ
Cyrillic жану
Latin janu
Yañalif çanu

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *jan- (to burn (intr.), blaze up). Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (yan-, to burn), Crimean Tatar yanmaq (to burn), Bashkir яныу (yanıw, to burn), Chuvash ҫунма (śunma, to burn, shine, worry, suffer), Kyrgyz жануу (januu, to burn), Turkmen ýanmak (to be burnt), Uzbek yonmoq (to ignite, glow), Yakut сандаар (sandaar, to shine), etc.

Noun

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жану (janu)

  1. combustion

Verb

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жану (janu)

  1. burn