бүкән

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Bashkir

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Бүкән.

Etymology

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Cognate with Tatar бүкән (bükän, chopping block).

Akhmetyanov suggests a Uralic (Mari or Permic) source; compare Udmurt пукон (pukon, chair, stool), from пукыны (pukyny, to sit).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bʏˈkæn]
  • Hyphenation: бү‧кән

Noun

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бүкән (bükən)

  1. a piece of wooden log used for chopping wood, cutting meat, etc.; chopping block

Declension

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References

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  • R. Akhmetyanov (2015). Etimologicheskiy slovar' tatarskogo yazyka. // An Etymological Dictionary of Tatar Language. Kazan: Magarif-Vakyt publishers, ISBN not specified. vol.1, p.220.