Chuvash

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kïĺ (winter).[1][2]

Cognate with Khalaj qış, Turkish kış, Uzbek qish, Bashkir ҡыш (qış) and Yakut кыһын (kıhın).

Noun

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хӗл (hĕl) (plural хӗлсем) 

  1. winter

Derived terms

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See also

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Seasons in Chuvash · сезонсем (sezons̬em) (layout · text) · category
ҫур (śur, spring) ҫу (śu), ҫулла (śulla, summer) кӗр (kĕr, autumn) хӗл (hĕl, winter)

References

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  1. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “хӗл”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 341
  2. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “хӗл”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 297

Further reading

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