Chuvash edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kïĺ (winter).[1][2]

Cognate with Khalaj qış, Turkish kış, Uzbek qish, Bashkir ҡыш (qış) and Yakut кыһын (kıhın).

Noun edit

хӗл (hĕl) (plural хӗлсем) 

  1. winter

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Seasons in Chuvash · сезонсем (sezons̬em) (layout · text) · category
ҫур (śur, spring) ҫу (śu), ҫулла (śulla, summer) кӗр (kĕr, autumn) хӗл (hĕl, winter)

References edit

  1. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “хӗл”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 341
  2. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “хӗл”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 297

Further reading edit

  • хӗл”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.