заан
Mongolian
| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
|---|---|
| ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (ǰaɣan) | заан (zaan) |
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *jaxan, from Proto-Common Turkic *ǰagan < *žaŋgan < Middle Chinese 象 (zjangX) < Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ).[1]
- Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (ǰaɣan), East Yugur jaan hgor;
- Proto-Common Turkic *žaŋgan > *yaŋan > Old Uyghur 𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽰 (yaŋa) > Western Yugur yaŋan;[1] and
- Proto-Tai *ɟaːŋꟲ (“elephant”) > Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɟaːŋꟲ² (“elephant”) > Thai ช้าง (cháang).[2][3]
False cognate of Proto-Dravidian *yĀnay (“elephant”) (whence Tamil யானை (yāṉai)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͜saːɴ̟/
Noun
заан • (zaan)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ünal, Orçun (2014) “Once Again on the Etymology of the Old Turkic Yaŋa ~ Yaŋan ~ Yagan 'Elephant'”, in Hacettepe University Journal of Turkish Studies, volume 11, number 21, Extended Summary, pages 229-249.
- ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University, page 364
- ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities[2], volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, page 58