Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yügen (bridle).

Cognate with Tatar йөгән (yögän), Kazakh жүген (jügen), Kyrgyz жүгөн (jügön), Uzbek yugan, Yakut үүн (üün, bridle), etc.

Noun

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ӱйген (üygen)

  1. bridle

References

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N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ӱйген”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN