kıvanç

Meaning

pleasure

Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوانج (kıvanç, “joy; vain, conceited”, noun; adjective). From Proto-Turkic *kïb (“luck, happiness”). Cognate with Azerbaijani quvərrəmək (“be happy, be proud of”), Kazakh қуаныш (quanyş, “joy”), Kyrgyz кубаныч (kubanıc), etc.

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