Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *čolpan. Cognate with Kazakh шолпан (şolpan), Kyrgyz чолпон (colpon), Karachay-Balkar чолпан (çolpan), Kumyk чолпан (çolpan), Tatar чулпан (çulpan), Turkish çolpan, Tuvan шолбан (şolban), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃol.mon/
  • Hyphenation: чол‧мон

Noun edit

чолмон (čolmon)

  1. (astronomy) star (luminous celestial body)
    «Алтайдыҥ чолмоны» деп газет«Altaydïŋ čolmonï» dep gazetthe newspaper Altaidyng cholmony (literally, “the Star of Altai”)
    1. (semiotics) star (symbol)
  2. Venus

Synonyms edit

References edit

Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 115