qalın

See also: qalin

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		галын
Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kalïŋ (“thick; numerous”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kalïn, “thick”), Turkish kalın.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

qalın (comparative daha qalın, superlative ən qalın)

1. thick (of objects)

   Synonym: (of cylindrical objects) yoğun

2. deep (of voice)
3. (phonology) back

Synonyms

• (all senses): incə, nazik

Descendants

• → Talysh: ğalin

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “qalın”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 3, Baku: Şərq-Qərb