Evenki edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Tungusic *samān (shaman), compare Nanai сама̄н (samān) and Manchu ᠰᠠᠮᠠᠨ (saman) etc. Probably from Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇa, ascetic, monk, Sramana) or Pali samaṇa, likely via Middle Chinese 沙門 (shāmén).

An alternative theory derives the Proto-Tungusic word from an ancestor of Nivkh чам (ț’am, eagle, shaman), but the direction of the borrowing is usually taken to be the reverse.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

сама̄н (samān)

  1. shaman

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References edit

  • Vasilevič, G. M. (1958) “сама̄н”, in Эвэнкийско-Русский словарь [Evenki-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: GIS, page 342/2

Russian edit

Etymology edit

From a Turkic language. See Turkish saman.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

сама́н (samánm inan (genitive сама́на, nominative plural сама́ны, genitive plural сама́нов, relational adjective сама́нный)

  1. adobe (unburnt brick)
    по ме́ре затвердевания, сама́н скла́дывали в колонку с зазо́ром, что́бы быстре́е высыха́л
    po mére zatverdevanija, samán skládyvali v kolonku s zazórom, štóby bystréje vysyxál
    as soon as they hardened, the adobes were piled up in independent columns so that they dried faster
  2. air brick

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Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Persian زمان (zamân).

Noun edit

саман (saman)

  1. time
    Synonym: ӧй (öy)

References edit

V. verbickij, editor (1884), “саман”, in Slovarʹ Altajskago i Aladagskago narečij tjurkskago jazyka [Altaian and Aladagian language Dictionary], Kazan', →ISBN