Where does “Бекенұлы” come from?

Бекенұлы (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh ұлы, from Proto-Turkic ulug — big, great, grown-up; big, great.

Ancestry of “Бекенұлы”, step by step

Бекенұлы traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh ұлы

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhұлыgreat
2Proto-Turkiculugbig, great, grown-up; big, great

via Kazakh Бекен

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KazakhБекен—
Every word from Proto-Turkic ulug →Every word from Kazakh ұлы →