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oyun.

game, amusement, entertainment

4 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/oˈjun/

  1. game, amusement, entertainment

  2. play, drama; a theatrical performance featuring actors

  3. piece, stage play, representation

  4. dance, folk dance

  5. deftness, stunt, dexterity, artfulness

  6. prank, trick, ruse, intrigue, fiddle

  7. gambling

  8. various finishing moves done surprisingly

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اویون (oyun, “game, play, drama”), from Proto-Turkic *ōyun. Compare Yakut and Dolgan ой (“to jump”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (oyun, “play, entertainment”), Azerbaijani oyun (“game”), Bashkir уйын (uyın, “game”), Chuvash вӑйӑ (văjă, “game”), Kazakh ойын (oyın, “game”), Khakas ойын (oyın, “game”), Kyrgyz оюн (oyun, “game”), Tuvan оюн (oyun, “game”), Turkmen oýun (“game, play”), Uyghur ئويۇن (oyun, “game”), Uzbek oʻyin (“play”), Yakut оонньуу (oonńuu, “game”).

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