кӑвакарчӑн

Chuvash

Кӑвакарчӑн

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /k(ə)ʋaˈɡard͡ʑən/

Noun

кӑвакарчӑн • (kăvak̬arč̬ăn)

dove, pigeon

Derived terms

кӑвакарчӑн куҫӗ (kăvak̬arč̬ăn k̬uś̬ĕ, “forget-me-not”)
кӑвакарчӑн шӑтӑкӗ (kăvak̬arč̬ăn š̬ăt̬ăk̬ĕ, “gable window”)

References

^ 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

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

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