Reconstruction:Bulgarian/Айдин
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Turkish aydın (“bright, illuminated, enlightened”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Ottoman Turkish?”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐjˈdin]
Proper noun
*Айди́н • (*Ajdín)
- only used in Айди́нов (Ajdínov)
References
- Илчев, Стефан (1969), “*Айди́н”, in Речник на личните и фамилни имена у българите [Dictionary of Bulgarian Personal and Family Names] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 44