ben

Meaning

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɛn/
Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بن (ben, “I”), from Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰢𐰤 (mn² /⁠men⁠/), 𐰋𐰤 (b²n² /⁠ben⁠/, “I”), Karakhanid مَنْ (men, “I”), Azerbaijani mən, Bashkir мин (min), Chuvash эпӗ (ep̬ĕ), Kazakh мен (men), Kyrgyz мен (men), Turkmen men. Possibly related to Mongolian би (bi, “I”), Manchu ᠪᡳ (bi, “I”).

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