ейән
Bashkir
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *yegin (“nephew”).[1]
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yegin, “nephew”),[2] Old Uyghur [script needed] (yegän, “nephew”);[3] Kazakh жиен (jien, “nephew, niece”), Kyrgyz жээн (jeen, “sororal nephew; daughter's son”), Southern Altai јеен (ǰeen), Uzbek jiyan (“nephew”), Turkish yeğen (“nephew, niece”), Northern Altai чеен (čeen), Yakut сиэн (sien, “grandson”), etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jɪ̞ˈjæn]
- Hyphenation: е‧йән
Noun
ейән • (yeyən)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ейән (yeyən) | ейәндәр (yeyəndər) |
| definite genitive | ейәндең (yeyəndeñ) | ейәндәрҙең (yeyəndərźeñ) |
| dative | ейәнгә (yeyəngə) | ейәндәргә (yeyəndərgə) |
| definite accusative | ейәнде (yeyənde) | ейәндәрҙе (yeyəndərźe) |
| locative | ейәндә (yeyəndə) | ейәндәрҙә (yeyəndərźə) |
| ablative | ейәндән (yeyəndən) | ейәндәрҙән (yeyəndərźən) |
Coordinate terms
- ейәнсәр (yeyənsər, “granddaughter”)
- олатай (olatay)/ҡартатай (qartatay, “grandfather”)
- өләсәй (öləsəy)/ҡәртнәй (qərtnəy, “grandmother”)
References
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jEgin”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 253
- ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 252