Etymology

from Old Turkic bedük "big, large", from Old Turkic verbal stem bedü- "to grow large", from Proto-Turkic *bEdü- ‎(“to grow large”).

See also the Etymology section at бөйөк ‎(böyök).

Cognate with Kazakh биік ‎(bïik), Kyrgyz, Southern Altai бийик ‎(bïyïk, “tall”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɪ̞.ˈjɪ̞k]
• Hyphenation: бе‧йек