һеләүһен

Bashkir

Һеләүһен.

Etymology

From a Mongolic source, from Proto-Mongolic *silexüsün (lynx) (compare Mongolian шилүүс (šilüüs, lynx), Kalmyk шилүсн (şilüsn, lynx)).

Cognate with Tatar селәүсен (seläüsen), Kazakh сілеусін (silewsin), Kyrgyz сүлөөсүн (sülöösün), Karachay-Balkar сюлеусюн (sülewsün) / сюлесин (sülesin), Uzbek silovsin, Uyghur سۈلەيسۈن (süleysün, lynx), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hɪ̞.læw.ˈhɪ̞n]
  • Hyphenation: һе‧ләү‧һен

Noun

һеләүһен (heläwhen)

  1. (zoology) lynx, Lynx lynx

Declension

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