Bashkir edit

 
Етегән

Etymology edit

From *yetigän (Ursa Major), from Proto-Turkic Proto-Turkic *yẹt(t)i (seven).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jetigän, Ursa Major);[1] Tatar җидегән (cidegän, Ursa Major), Nogai Етеген (Yetegen, Ursa Major), Kyrgyz Жетиген (Jetigen, Ursa Major), Khakas Чидіген (Çidìgen, Ursa Major), Tofa Чеді Ӄан (Ursa Major).

Compare also Kazakh жетіген (jetıgen, a 7-stringed musical instrument).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [jɪ̞.tɪ̞.ˈɡæn]
  • Hyphenation: Е‧те‧гән

Proper noun edit

Етегән (Yetegən)

  1. (astronomy) Ursa Major

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 259