اژلنك

Karakhanid

Etymology

Possibly of Iranian origin, perhaps a compound of *اژ (aj), shortened from Persian اژدرها (ajdarhā, “dragon”), affixed with the native wild animal suffix *-lan (compare Turkmen gaplaň).

Noun

اژلنك (ʔ-ž-l-n-k /ajlaŋ~ujlaŋ?/)

1. (Oghuz, hapax) chameleon
   • [1072–4, مَحْمُود الكَاشْغَرِيّ [maḥmūd al-kāšḡariyy], دِيوَانِ لُغَاتِ ٱلتُرْك [dīwāni luḡāti t-turk], volume 1 (in Arabic), عامره, published 1917, page 105:

     (ل) اژلنك — اَلْحِرْباءُ. بِژايٍ بِيْنِ الْمَخْرَ جَيْنِ. بِالْغُزِّيَّةِ.

     (l) ʔ-ž-l-n-k — al-ḥirbāʔu. bi-žāyin bīni l-maḵra jayni. bi-l-ḡuzziyyati.

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Further reading

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 116
• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Ercilasun, Ahmet B., Akkoyunlu Ziyat, transl., Kâşgarlı Mahmud Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Giriş - Metin - Çeviri - Notlar - Dizin [Mahmud al-Kashgari's “Compendium of the languages of the Turks” Introduction - Texts - Translation - Notes - Index] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1120) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 2020, →ISBN, page 57