акырын

Southern Altai

Etymology

From *aqïrïn "slowly, quietly, cautiously", from a verbal stem *aqïr-/aqur- "to move (act) slowly, cautiously", as evidenced in Old Uyghur [script needed] (aquru, “quietly; cautiously”); Yakut аҕырыа (ağırıa, “to be moderate”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (aqrun, “quitely”); Kazakh ақырын (aqyryn, “slowly, quietly”), Kyrgyz акырын (akırın, “slowly, quietly”), Uzbek aqirin (“slowly”), Khakas ағрин (ağrin, “slowly, quietly, gradually”), etc.

Adverb

акырын • (akïrïn)

1. slowly
2. slow

Further reading

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “акырын”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN, page 249
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 14

Tatar

Etymology

From *aqïrïn "slowly, quietly, cautiously", from a verbal stem *aqïr-/aqur- "to move (act) slowly, cautiously", as evidenced in Old Uyghur [script needed] (aquru, “quietly; cautiously”); Yakut аҕырыа (ağırıa, “to be moderate”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (aqrun, “quitely”); Kazakh ақырын (aqyryn, “slowly, quietly”), Kyrgyz акырын (akırın, “slowly, quietly”), Southern Altai акырын (akïrïn, “slowly”), Uzbek aqirin (“slowly”), Khakas ағрин (ağrin, “slowly, quietly, gradually”), etc.

Adverb

акырын • (aqırın)

1. slowly