сыйын

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *siŋil (“younger sister”).

Noun

сыйын • (sïyïn)

1. younger sister

Alternative forms

• сиҥни (siŋni)

References

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “сыйын”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
• Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume VI, Moscow: Indrik, pages 284, 285