кӑвакарчӑн

Chuvash

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Кӑвакарчӑн

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kȫkerčin (dove, pigeon),[1] equivalent to кӑвакар (kăvak̬ar, to become blue) + -чӑн (-čăn).

Cognate with Khalaj kö̂kərçik, Turkish güvercin, Bashkir күгәрсен (kügərsen) and Tuvan көгээзин (kögeezin).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /k(ə)ʋaˈɡard͡ʑən/

Noun

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кӑвакарчӑн (kăvak̬arč̬ăn)

  1. dove, pigeon

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “кӑвакарчӑн”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 97

Further reading

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