шолан

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic شولان
Cyrillic шолан
Latin şolan

Etymology

Perhaps from a Mongolic source - compare Mongolian чуулган (čuulgan, a gathering) and Buryat суглаан (suglaan, to gather).

Compare to Tatar чолан (çolan, anteroom), Bashkir солан (solan, anteroom); Southern Altai чулан (čulan, cattle yard, anteroom), Shor шулан (cattle yard).

Noun

шолан • (şolan)

  1. mudroom (in traditional rural household, a wooden room next to the porch, used as storage area)