булан
Kumyk
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bile (“with, together, also”). Cognate with Shor -пиле/ пула/ пла, Kazakh -бен (-ben), Karachay-Balkar бла (bla), Tuvan биле (bile), Western Yugur pli, Turkish ile (“and, with”).
Postposition
булан • (bulan)
- with
- through, by means of
- 1910, Batırmurza, Nuhay, Языкъ Гьабибат [Poor Habibat]:
- Б… губернада К… деген юртда Абдулла деген, савдюгерлик булан къазанып, уллу бай болгъан гиши бар эди.
- B… gubernada K… degen yurtda Abdulla degen, sawdügerlik bulan qazanıp, ullu bay bolğan gişi bar edi.
- In the village K... of the governorate B... there was a person by the name of Abdulla, who had become a very rich man by earning [money] through trade.
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Conjunction
булан • (bulan)
- and
Usage notes
- Used to coordinate noun phrases. For the clausal conjunction and, see ва (wa).
Further reading
- булан in Kumyksko-russkij slovarʹ, 2013
Kyrgyz
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bulan. Compare to Southern Altai булан (bulan, “moose, elk”), etc.
Noun
булан • (bulan) (definite [[{{{1}}}#Kyrgyz|{{{1}}}]], plural [[{{{2}}}#Kyrgyz|{{{2}}}]])
- moose, elk
Mongolian
Noun
булан • (bulan) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠤᠯᠤᠩ (buluŋ))
- corner
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bulan.
Noun
булан • (bulan)
- moose, elk
References
Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “булан”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN