ньаан

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ǯagan / Proto-Mongolic *ǯigan. Cognate to Shor наан (naan), dialectal Khakas нан (nan), etc.

Adjective

ньаан • (nʹaan)

  1. big, large, great

Synonyms

References

  • L. M. Tukmačev, editor (1995), “ньаан”, in Kumandinsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Kumandy-Russian Dictionary], Biysk: Kandidat filologičeskix nauk, Izdatelʹstvo bijskij kotelʹščik, →ISBN, page 42
  • Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) “ЙАҒАН”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, page 60.
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