кеҥ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ken"

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kēŋ (“wide, broad”). Cognate with Kazakh кең (keñ), Kyrgyz кең (keŋ), Crimean Tatar keñ, Kumyk генг (geñ), Uzbek keng, Uyghur keng, Shor кең, Western Yugur ken, etc.

Adjective

кеҥ • (keŋ)

1. wide
2. broad

Noun

кеҥ • (keŋ)

1. width

Antonyms

• тар (tar, “narrow, tight”)

Related terms

• јалбак (ǰalbak)

References

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кеҥ”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
• “кеҥ”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN, page 135