јайын
Southern Altai
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *yāyïn (“catfish, sheat-fish; salmon”).
Cognate with Tatar җәен (cäyen, “catfish”), Kazakh жайын (jaiyn, “catfish”), Nogai яйын (yayın, “catfish”), Kumyk яйын (yayın, “catfish”), Kyrgyz жайын (jayın, “catfish”), Bashkir йәйен (yəyen, “catfish”), Chuvash ҫуйӑн (śujăn, “catfish”).
Noun
editјайын • (ǰayïn)
References
edit- comparative and historical grammar of Turkic languages. Lexicon, 2001, in Russian, 178 pages