Etymology

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

The Native Kypchak development from that Old Turkic root is biyik (see Bashkir бейек ‎(beyek, “tall, high”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʏ̞.ˈjʏ̞k]
• Hyphenation: бө‧йөк