لېكىن

Uyghur

Other scripts
Arabic لېكىن
Latin lëkin‍
Cyrillic лeкин (lekin)

Note: The Cyrillic follows the Kazakhstani standard.

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai لیکن (lykn), from Classical Persian لیکِن (lēkin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lekin/

Conjunction

لېكىن • (lëkin)

  1. but, nevertheless, however

Further reading

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992), An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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