lakin - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• 1 English
  • 1.1 Pronunciation
  • 1.2 Etymology 1
    * 1.2.1 Noun
  • 1.3 Etymology 2
    * 1.3.1 Noun
  • 1.4 Anagrams
• 2 Azerbaijani
  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Pronunciation
  • 2.3 Conjunction
• 3 Finnish
  • 3.1 Noun
  • 3.2 Anagrams
• 4 Turkish
  • 4.1 Alternative forms
  • 4.2 Etymology
  • 4.3 Conjunction

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• IPA(key): /ˈleɪkɪn/

Perhaps from Old Norse leika.

lakin (plural lakins)

1. (rare) A toy.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 193:
     And the gay lakin, mistress Fitton, mount and cry O, and his dainty birdsnies, lady Penelope Rich, a clean quality woman is suited for a player, and the punks of the bankside, a penny a time.

lakin (plural lakins)

1. Obsolete form of ladykin.
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
     [Nick] Bot[tom]. There are things in this Comedy of Piramus and Thisby, that will neuer pleaſe. Firſt, Piramus muſt draw a ſword to kill himſelfe; which the Ladys cannot abide. How anſwer you that? / [Tom] Snout. Berlaken, a parlous feare.
     Nick Bottom. There are things in this comedy of Pyramus and Thisbe that will never please. First, Pyramus must draw a sword to kill himself, which the ladies cannot abide. How do you answer that? / Tom Snout. By 'r lakin [i.e., by our Lady], a dire problem.

• Kalin, alkin

Ultimately from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin, “but, however”).

• IPA(key): [ˈlaːcin], [ˈlaːt͡ʃin]
• Hyphenation: la‧kin

lakin

1. but, however
   Synonyms: amma, ancaq, fəqət

lakin

1. genitive singular of lakki

• kalin, klani, likan
• lâkin

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لكن (lâkin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin, “but”).

lakin

1. but, however

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