чажын

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Mongolian цаас (caas), from Proto-Mongolic *caxasun, *carxasun. Cognate to Khakas чаӌын (çacın), etc.

Noun

чажын • (čažïn)

  1. paper

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, editor (1985), “чажын”, in Severnyje Dialekty Altajskovo( Ojrotskovo) Jazyka- Dialekt Lebedinskix Tatar-čalkancev(kuu-kiži) [Northern Altai language-Dialect of Chelkan], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoj literatury, →ISBN, page 219

Shor

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yaĺčïn (lightning), from *yaĺč- (to blaze, flame).

Cognate with Tatar яшен (yaşen), Bashkir йәшен (yəşen, lightning).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʃɑˈʒɯn]
  • Hyphenation: ча‧жын

Noun

чажын • (çajın)

  1. lightning