guzğun

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kuŕgun. Cognate to Azerbaijani quzğun, Turkish kuzgun, Southern Altai кускун (kuskun), Kyrgyz кузгун (kuzgun), Bashkir ҡоҙғон (qoźğon), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [quzʁun]
• (Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [kozʁun]

Noun

guzğun (3rd person possessive guzğunı, plural guzğunlar)

1. (bird, zoology) raven

Derived terms

• garğa-guzğun (“carrion crow”)

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “kozɣun, quzɣun”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 391, 466