акырын
Southern Altai
Etymology
From *aqïrïn "slowly, quietly, cautiously", from a verbal stem *aqïr-/aqur- "to move (act) slowly, cautiously", as evidenced in Old Uyghur [script needed] (aquru, “quietly; cautiously”); Yakut аҕырыа (ağırıa, “to be moderate”).
Cognate withOld Uyghur [script needed] (aqrun, “quitely”);Kazakh ақырын (aqyryn, “slowly, quietly”),Kyrgyz акырын (akırın, “slowly, quietly”),Uzbek aqirin (“slowly”),Khakas ағрин (ağrin, “slowly, quietly, gradually”), etc.
Adverb
акырын • (akïrïn)
- slowly
Further reading
- N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “акырын”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN