# ел
## Bashkir
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yel (“wind”). Cognate with Tatar җил (cil), Southern Altai јел (ǰel), Kumyk ел (yel), etc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɪ̞l/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ел (one syllable)

### Noun

ел • (yel)
* wind
    Ел тирмәне.Yel tirməne.Windmill.
    Ел ҡайһы яҡтан өрә?Yel qayhı yaqtan örə?From which direction is the wind blowing?
** (Can we date this quote?), Ural-batyr (Bashkir folk epic):Мин сапҡанда ел ҡубыр,// Таш та ятып түҙәлмәҫ, // Һыу тулҡыныр-ҡайнашыр, // Һыуҙа балыҡ йөҙәлмәҫ.Min sapqanda yel qubır,// Taş ta yatıp tüźəlməś, // Hıw tulqınır-qaynaşır, // Hıwźa balıq yöźəlməś.When I gallop, the wind will rise, a stone won't rest unmoved, the water will run high and boil, the fish won't be able to swim in the water.

#### Derived terms

* хәйерсегә ел ҡаршы (xəyersegə yel qarşı)

## Kazakh
### Etymology

Inherited from Kipchak [Term?], from Proto-Common Turkic *ǟl, from Proto-Turkic *ǟl. Cognate with Turkish el and il, etc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /el/, [jel]
* Hyphenation: ел

### Noun

ел • (el)
* people, mass
* population
* nation, country
    дамыған елдер ― damyğan elder ― developed countries
    дамушы елдер ― damuşy elder ― developing countries
    неғұрлым аз дамыған елдер ― neğūrlym az damyğan elder ― least developing countries

#### Declension
### See also

* дүние (dünie, “kingdom, world”)
* мемлекет (memleket, “country, state”)
* жер (jer, “land”)
* патшалық (patşalyq, “tsardom”)
* штат (ştat, “(federated) state”)

## Kumyk
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yẹl.

### Noun

ел • (yel)
* wind
* intestinal gas

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “ел”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

## Nogai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yẹl.

### Noun

ел • (yel)
* wind

### References

* N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “ел”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jeɫ]

### Verb

ел • (jel)
* masculine singular past indicative imperfective of есть (jestʹ)
** 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 1:6:Иоанн же носил одежду из верблюжьего волоса и пояс кожаный на чреслах своих и ел акриды и дикий мед.Ioann že nosil odeždu iz verbljužʹjevo volosa i pojas kožanyj na čreslax svoix i jel akridy i dikij med.John wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

## Tatar

Other scripts :
| Cyrillic | ел (yel)‍ |
| Zamanälif | yıl‍ |
| Jaŋalif | jьl |
| Yaña imlâ | ‍ࢭیل |

### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yïl (“year”). Cognate with Azerbaijani il, Bashkir йыл (yıl), Kazakh жыл (jyl), Turkish yıl.

### Noun

ел • (yel)
* year

#### Declension
## Udi
### Etymology

Inherited from Aghwan 𐔴𐔾 (el).

### Noun

ел • (el)
* salt

### Further reading

* Gippert, Jost, Schulze, Wolfgang (2023) “The Language of the Caucasian Albanians”, in Jost Gippert and Jasmine Dum-Tragut, editors, The Language of the Caucasian Albanians, Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, pages 167–229
* Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974) “ел”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary]‎, Baku: Academy Press, page 121