el gün
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From el + dialectal gün (“foreign people”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēl (“realm, people”) and *kün (“foreign people”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (elgün), Karakhanid [script needed] (el kün), etc.[1]
Noun[edit]
- strangers
- Bizi ele güne karşı rezil etme
- Do not embarrass us in front of strangers
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kün”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “el gün”, in Nişanyan Sözlük