𐰲𐰃𐰣𐱃𐰣

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, sandalwood). Cognate with Turkish sandal (sandalwood). Compare also English sandalwood, a Sanskrit borrowing.

Noun

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𐰲𐰃𐰣𐱃𐰣 (čïntan)

  1. sandalwood
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 4
      𐰲𐰃𐰣𐱃𐰣:𐰃𐰍𐰲:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰢𐰭𐰃𐰠𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤
      čïntan:yïɣač:üze:olurpan:meŋileyür:men
      I enjoy while sitting on a sandalwood tree.

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “çınt(a)n”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 53
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çıntan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 425