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Bilkun

Bilkun proper noun: a surname from Ukrainian or A surname from Polish.

Proper noun

Bilkun

  1. A surname from Ukrainian or A surname from Polish.

Origin of Bilkun

From Ukrainian Білку́н (Bilkún) or Polish Bilkun. Ultimately traced to East Germanic 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌺𐌹𐌰𐌽 (bilkian, “to mock, ridicule, jeer at”). The form was later absorbed into the Slavic onomastic landscape, aligning phonetically with the agentive suffix -ун (-un) (as in Бовкун (Bovkun)).

Questions about Bilkun

What does Bilkun mean?
Bilkun means a surname from Ukrainian or A surname from Polish.
What part of speech is Bilkun?
Bilkun is a proper noun.

Words near Bilkun in the dictionary

  1. bilker
  2. bilkers
  3. bilking
  4. bilkings
  5. bilks
  6. Bilkun
  7. bill
  8. bill and coo
  9. bill bird
  10. bill birds
  11. Bill Cosby sweater

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