𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣

bodın, bodun

Meaning:

nation, people

Details:

#{grammar.phonetics.modern.shift_d_to_y}, which is why the word would become mononymous with "boyın" (neck) in some modern Turkic languages.

Alternative spellings:

𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰆𐰣

Word family

Select a region to see the cognate.

* Meaning shifted

German:

Volk, Bevölkerung, Nation

Kazakh:

xalıq

Kyrgyz:

улут, эл

Russian:

народ, нация

Turkish (Azerbaijan):

xalq, millət, boy, boyun

Turkish (Türkiye):

halk, millet

Turkmen:

halk, millet

Uzbek:

xalq, millat

Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish p. 92

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