şizi

See also: sizi, sīzì, sızı, and sizį́

Salar

Alternative forms

  • shizi

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 狮子 (shīzi).

Noun

şizi (3rd person possessive şizisi, plural şiziler)

  1. lion

References

  • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “şizi”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 120
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “şizi”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 277