Russian

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Etymology

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Apparently from Turkic, whence also Kazakh абыржыған (abyrjyğan), Tatar аптыраган (aptırağan, confused, bewildered), аптырау (aptıraw, mystify, be confused), Chuvash аптӑрат (aptărat, confuse, torment, frustrate).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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абдрага́н (abdragánm inan (genitive абдрага́на, nominative plural абдрага́ны, genitive plural абдрага́нов)

  1. (dialectal, Kazan, Orenburg) a fright, fear

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References

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  • Anikin, A. E. (2007) “абдраган”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 69