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kurşun.

leaden

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adj/kuɾˈʃun/

  1. leaden

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish قورشون (kurşun, “lead”), from Proto-Common Turkic *qorɣušïn (“lead”), from Proto-Turkic *korguĺčïn (“lead”). Cognates with Karakhanid قُرُغْژٖينْ (qoruγžï̄n, “lead”), Southern Altai коргожын (korgožïn), Kyrgyz коргошун (korgoşun), Kazakh қорғасын (qorğasın), Turkmen gurşun, Azerbaijani qurğuşun, Bashkir ҡурғаш (qurğaş), Tatar кургаш (qurğaş), Uyghur قوغۇشۇن (qoghushun), Uzbek qoʻrgʻoshin and Mongolian хорголжин (xorgolžin), the latter being a Turkic borrowing.

noun/kuɾˈʃun/

  1. lead (chemical element)

  2. musket ball

  3. bullet

    broadly
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish قورشون (kurşun, “lead”), from Proto-Common Turkic *qorɣušïn (“lead”), from Proto-Turkic *korguĺčïn (“lead”). Cognates with Karakhanid قُرُغْژٖينْ (qoruγžï̄n, “lead”), Southern Altai коргожын (korgožïn), Kyrgyz коргошун (korgoşun), Kazakh қорғасын (qorğasın), Turkmen gurşun, Azerbaijani qurğuşun, Bashkir ҡурғаш (qurğaş), Tatar кургаш (qurğaş), Uyghur قوغۇشۇن (qoghushun), Uzbek qoʻrgʻoshin and Mongolian хорголжин (xorgolžin), the latter being a Turkic borrowing.

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