куун

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Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From *kū-n, Proto-Turkic *kɨb (luck, happiness). Compare to Kazakh қуаныш (quanyş).

Noun

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куун (kuun)

  1. luck
  2. happiness

References

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Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 268