ӧзӧн

Southern Altai

Etymology

Cognate with Bashkir үҙән (üźən, “river bed; river valley”), Kazakh өзен (özen, “river”).

Noun

ӧзӧн • (özön)

1. river (duct, stream)
2. river
3. duct, channel

Related terms

• суу (suu)

References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “ӧзӧн”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN

Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 510