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Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɛn/
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In summary
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بَنْ (ban /ben/, “I”), from Old Anatolian Turkish بن (/bän/, “I”), from Proto-Common Turkic *bän (“I”), from Proto-Turkic *ben- (“me”), oblique of *be (“I”). Cognate with Azerbaijani mən, Turkmen men; Uzbek men, Uyghur مەن (men), Karakhanid مَنْ (man /män/, “I”); Crimean Tatar men, Armeno-Kipchak մեն (men), Tatar мин (min), Bashkir мин (min), Kazakh мен (men), Kyrgyz мен (men); Old Turkic 𐰋𐰤 (b²n² /bän/, “I”), 𐰢𐰤 (mn² /män/); Chuvash эпӗ (ep̬ĕ); etc. Possibly related to Mongolian ᠪᠢ (bi, “I”) / би (bi), Evenki бӣ (bī), Manchu ᠪᡳ (bi, “I”).
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