Tuvan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mongolic, either Written Oirat ᠴᠠᠰᠠᡎ (zasag) or Classical Mongolian ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ (ǰasag). Compare also Southern Altai јазак (ǰazak); Russian яса́к m inan (jasák); etc.

Also could be analysed as the nominal form of чазаар (çazaar, to govern).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃɐ.zɐk̠]
  • Hyphenation: ча‧зак

Noun

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чазак (çazak) (definite accusative чазакты, plural чазактар)

  1. government

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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