Proto-Turkic: *juba-
Meaning: 1 to be comforted, consoled, entertained 2 to comfort, entertain
Russian meaning: 1 утешаться, забавляться 2 утешать, развлекать
Turkish: juwat- (dial.) 2
Tatar: juwan- 1
Middle Turkic: ǯuwat- 2 (R) Uzbek: juwan- (dial.) 1
Bashkir: jɨwan- 1
Karaim: juwan-, juwun- 1, juwut- 2
Comments: ЭСТЯ 4, 240. Some forms, like Kum. jɨban-, Uzb. jupan- reflect rather *jupa-; the variation of *-b- and *-p- is not quite clear in this root. turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-trk,turcet-tat,turcet-chg,turcet-uzb,turcet-bas,turcet-krmx,turcet-reference,