иэн

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Yakut

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *ēn (width). See Southern Altai ээн (een, width) and Bashkir иң (, width, breadth) for lengthy lists of cognates.

Noun

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иэн (ien)

  1. size
  2. surface, expanse
    See synonyms at куйаар (kuyaar).
  3. Yakut Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia sah
    (geometry) area
    Synonym: кээмэй (keemey, size, volume)
    төгүрүмтэ иэнэtögürümte ienearea of a circle

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Possibly related with the above sense of "surface, expanse".

Noun

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иэн (ien)

  1. (anatomy) lower back