künaylan

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

kün (“day, sun”) +‎ aylanmaq (“to spin”), referencing its sunlikeness and purported heliotropism. Compare, for example, French tournesol.

Noun

künaylan

1. sunflower

   künaylan yağı ― sunflower oil

Declension

Declension of künaylan

	singular	plural
nominative	künaylan	künaylanlar
genitive	künaylannıñ	künaylanlarnıñ
dative	künaylanğa	künaylanlarğa
accusative	künaylannı	künaylanlarnı
locative	künaylanda	künaylanlarda
ablative	künaylandan	künaylanlardan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “künaylan”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)