күк

күк

Bashkir

Күк

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *gȫk (“blue, green, 'macro-blue'; sky”).In Ancient Turkic, this archetype seems to have had a wide semantics of "blue + green + similar shades", partially retained in modern languages.

Cognate withOld Turkic 𐰚𐰇𐰚‎ (kök, “blue, sky”), Kazakh, Kyrgyz көк (kök), Shor кӧк, Turkish, Turkmen gök, Crimean Tatar kök, Tatar күк (kük), Uzbek koʻk (“blue”), Yakut күөх (küöx, “blue, green”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʏk]
• Hyphenation: күк (one syllable)

Noun

күк • (kük)

1. sky

   Күк көмбәҙе.

   Kük kömbäðe.

   The arch of the sky.

   • Ural-batyr, Bashkir folk epic:

     Йондоҙ һымаҡ атылып, Аҡбуҙ толпар атлығып күктән килеп төшкән, ти.

     Like a shooting star, a grey winged horse came down swiftly from the sky.

   Ватаныбыҙ күге аяҙ булһын!

   Vatanïbïð küge ayað bulhïn!

   May the sky of our motherland be clear!

Adjective

Күк төҫмөрҙәре

күк • (kük)

1. blue

   Күк шыршы.

   Kük šïršï.

   Blue spruce.

2. gray, ash gray, bluish gray

   Күк томан.

   Kük toman.

   Bluish fog.

3. green (of grass, tea)

   Күк сәй.

   Kük säy.

   Green tea.

4. (of horses) gray

   Күк юрға.

   Kük yurğa.

   Gray ambler.

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Tatar

Noun

күк • (kük)

1. sky