Chuvash edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yẹlin (udder) through the form *jẹliŋ ~ *jẹlig.[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani yelin, Uzbek yelin, Bashkir елен (yelen) and Yakut сирин (sirin).

Noun edit

ҫилӗ (śilĕ) (plural ҫилӗсем) 

  1. (zootomy) udder
    Ҫиле массаж ту.Śile massaž tu.Massage the udders.

References edit

  1. ^ Agyágasi, Klára (2019) Chuvash Historical Phonetics (Turcologica; 117), Wiesbaden: Harrssowitz, page 48
  • Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “ҫилӗ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 213
  • Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “ҫилӗ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 118

Further reading edit

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