lakin

See also: Lakin and läkin

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪkɪn/

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Old Norse leika.

Noun

lakin (plural lakins)

1. (rare) A toy.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 193:

     And the gay lakin, mistress Fitton, mount and cry O, and his dainty birdsnies, lady Penelope Rich, a clean quality woman is suited for a player, and the punks of the bankside, a penny a time.

Etymology 2

Noun

lakin (plural lakins)

1. Obsolete form of ladykin.

Anagrams

• Kalin, alkin

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		лакин
Abjad		لاکین

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin, “but, however”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaːkin]
• Hyphenation: la‧kin

Conjunction

lakin

1. but, however

   Synonyms: amma, ancaq, fəqət

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Finnish

Noun

lakin

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of lakki

Anagrams

• kalin, klani, likan

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Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin, “but”).

Conjunction

lakin

1. but, however