ысын

Bashkir

Etymology

From *čïn (“true, real”), presumably borrowed from Sinitic 眞 (MC tsyin, “true, real”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (čïn, “true, real”); Tatar чын (çın), Kazakh шын (şyn), Uzbek chin, Khakas сын (sın), Tuvan шын (şın, “true, real”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̞ˈsɯ̞n]
• Hyphenation: ы‧сын

Adjective

ысын • (transliteration needed)

1. real, actual

   Ысын хәл.

   A real case, something that has actually taken place.

2. true, genuine

   Ысын лидерға ниндәй сифаттар хас булырға тейеш?

   What qualities must be inherent to a true leader?

Derived terms

• ысынбарлыҡ

References

• Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 148