Ottoman Turkish edit

 
صیچان

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sïčgan (mouse) and thus related to صیچمق (sıçmak, to defecate); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰽𐰲𐰍𐰭 (sïčgan), Azerbaijani siçan, Bashkir сысҡан (sısqan), Chuvash шӑши (šăš̬i), Kazakh тышқан (tyşqan), Kyrgyz чычкан (cıckan), Turkmen syçan, Uyghur چاشقان (chashqan) and Uzbek sichqon.

Noun edit

صیچان (sıçan)

  1. mouse, any small rodent of the genus Mus
    Synonyms: فار (far), موش (muş)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: sıçan
  • Serbo-Croatian: sičan

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