𐰽𐰃𐰍𐰆𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sïgun (“elk, moose”). Cognate with Turkish sığın (“moose”), Uzbek suygun, Southern Altai суун (suun), Tuvan сыын (sıın, “maral”).

Noun

𐰽𐰃𐰍𐰆𐰣 (s¹iǧun¹ /sïɣun/)

  1. a kind of male deer; moose, elk, maral

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “siγun”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 368
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sı:ğun”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 811
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sɨg-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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