җил

See also: жил

Kalmyk

Cyrillic Clear Script
җил (jil) ᠴᡅᠯ (jil)

Etymology

From Written Oirat ᠴᡅᠯ (jil), from Proto-Mongolic *ǯil, from Proto-Turkic *yïl. Cognate with Mongolian жил (žil), Buryat жэл (žel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑilʲ], [d͡ʑiˈlʲə]

Noun

җил • (jil) (plural җилмүд)

  1. year

See also

Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yẹl. Cognate with Bashkir ел (yel) and Chuvash ҫил (śil).

Noun

җил • (cil)

  1. wind, gale

References

  • M. M. Osmanov (1966) Татарско-русский словарь [Tatar-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Советская Энциклопедия, page 1270