јымран

Southern Altai

Etymology

Cognate with Karachay-Balkar джубуран (cuburan, “gopher”), Shor чыбран (“gopher”), Uyghur يۇمران (yumran)/ ژۇمران (zhumran, “gopher”), also a component in Uzbek yumronqoziq (“gopher”).

Noun

јымран • (ǰïmran)

  1. spermophile, gopher, suslik, ground squirrel

References

  • Versuch eines etymologischen-Wörterbuch der türk sprachen.
  • Tenišev E. R., editor (2001), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: Leksika [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages: Lexis] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, page 165
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