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күгәүен

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Күгәүен

Etymology

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From *kökegün (gadfly), perhaps derived from Proto-Turkic *kȫk (blue).

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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күгәүен (kügəwen)

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

Declension

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