name
Kanybek
kah-nuh-BEK
kɑnɯˈbɛkListen
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Syllable breakdown
Kanybek
Sounds like
kah-nuh-BEK
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan) — from kan (blood, noble lineage) + y (of) + bek (lord, chief, nobleman); a name of aristocratic heritage common in Kyrgyz epic poetry
- Meaning
- lord of noble blood; chief of lineage
- Gender
- male
Common mispronunciations
KAN-ih-bekkah-NEE-bek
Pronunciation tips
Three syllables; stress the third. The '-bek' suffix is very common in Central Asian names (Manas, the Kyrgyz epic hero, has many such names). 'Bek' is a Turkic title for nobleman.
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