lakin

See also: Lakin and läkin

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɪkɪn/

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Old Norse leika.

Noun

lakin (plural lakins)

  1. A toy.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
      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.

Etymology 2

Noun

lakin (plural lakins)

  1. Obsolete form of ladykin.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic лакин
Roman lakin
Perso-Arabic لاکین‎

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaːkin]
  • Hyphenation: la‧kin

Conjunction

lakin

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

Finnish

Noun

lakin

  1. Genitive singular form of lakki.

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

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

Conjunction

lakin

  1. but, however
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