җикән

Tatar

Etymology

Cognate to Kyrgyz жекен (jeken, “bulrush”), Southern Altai јекен (ǰeken, “reed”), Bashkir екән (yekən, “reed, bulrush”), etc.

Noun

җикән • (cikän)

  1. reed

References

  • Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Nauka, page 172
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