Chuvash

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Bulgar شو (şıv) itself inherited from Proto-Turkic *sïb ~ *sub.[1][2]

Cognate with Khalaj suv, Turkish su, Uzbek suv, Bashkir һыу (hıw) and Yakut уу (uu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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шыв (šyv)

  1. water

References

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  1. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “шыв”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, pages 465-466
  2. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “шыв”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 340
  • Иван Андреевич Андреев, Раиса Ивановна Гурьева, Лидия Николаевна Кузьмина, 'Чувашский язык 6 класс.' (1998)

Further reading

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