күкірт

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	كۇكىرت
Cyrillic	күкірт
Latin	kükırt
Yañalif	kykjrt

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian گوگرد (gugerd). Cognate with Azerbaijani kükürd, Bashkir көкөрт (kökört), Chuvash кӳкӗрт (kük̬ĕrt), Georgian გოგირდი (gogirdi), Urdu گوگرد (gugird, gogird), Kyrgyz күкүрт (kükürt), Ottoman Turkish گوگرد (gûgird), Mongolian хүхэр (xüxer), Tatar күкерт (kükert), Turkish kükürt, Turkmen kükürt, Uzbek oltingugurt, Uyghur گۈڭگۈرت (günggürt), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʉˈkirt]

Noun

күкірт • (kükırt)

1. sulphur/sulfur

Coordinate terms

• (Chemical element): Previous: фосфор (fosfor). Next: хлор (xlor)