Etymology

From Old Turkic qaδïŋ, from Proto-Turkic *Kadɨŋ ‎(“birch tree”).

Cognate with Turkish kayın ‎(“beech”); Crimean Tatar, Uzbek qayin ‎(“birch tree”), Kyrgyz кайың ‎(kayıñ), Kazakh қайың ‎(qayıñ), Yakut хатыҥ ‎(xatıŋ), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qɑˈjɯ̞n]
• Hyphenation: ҡа‧йын