һеләүһен

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Bashkir[edit]

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Һеләүһен.

Etymology[edit]

From a Mongolic source, from Proto-Mongolic *silexüsün (lynx) (compare Mongolian шилүүс (šilüüs, lynx), Kalmyk шилүсн (şilüsn, lynx)).

Cognate with Tatar селәүсен (seläwsen), Kazakh сілеусін (sıleusın), Kyrgyz сүлөөсүн (sülöösün), Karachay-Balkar сюлеусюн (sülewsün) / сюлесин (sülesin), Southern Altai шӱлӱзин (šülüzin), Uzbek silovsin, Uyghur سۈلەيسۈن (süleysün, lynx), etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [hɪ̞.læw.ˈhɪ̞n]
  • Hyphenation: һе‧ләү‧һен

Noun[edit]

һеләүһен (heləwhen)

  1. (zoology) lynx, Lynx lynx

Declension[edit]