Etymology

From *kökegün, from Proto-Turkic *gȫk ‎(“blue, green”).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(kökägün, “fly?”); Tatar кигәвен ‎(kigäwen), Kyrgyz көгөөн ‎(kögöön), Southern Altai кӧгӧн ‎(kögön, “gadfly”), etc. .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʏ.gæ.ˈwɪ̞n]
• Hyphenation: кү‧гә‧үен