күскен

Bashkir

Күскен.

Etymology

Morphologically, күс- (küs-, to move from one place to another) + -кен (-ken), for the latter compare ташҡын (tašqïn, flood).

Compare to Kazakh көшкін (köşkin, avalanche); Kyrgyz көчкү (köçkü, landslide, avalanche), Uzbek koʻchki (landslide, avalanche), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʏsˈkɪ̞n]
  • Hyphenation: күс‧кен

Noun

күскен (küsken)

  1. avalanche, snowslide

Declension

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