یلكن

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yelken (“sail”) and thus related to یل (yel, “wind”); cognate with Azerbaijani yelkən, Bashkir елкән (yelkən), Kazakh желкен (jelken), Kumyk елкен (yelken), Tatar җилкән (cilkän), Turkmen ýelken, Uyghur يەلكەن (yelken) and Uzbek yelkan.

یلكن • (yelken)

1. sail, a piece of fabric attached to a boat

   Synonyms: بادبان (badban), شراع (şiraʿ)

• Turkish: yelken
• → Armenian: ելքեն (elkʻen), ելքէն (elkʻēn), յէլքէն (yēlkʻēn), յէլք^յա̈ն (yēlkʻ^yän)
• → Georgian: იალქანი (ialkani)
  • → Mingrelian: არქანი (arkani)
• → Mingrelian: ერქემი (erkemi)

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