ҫилӗ

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Chuvash[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yẹlin (udder) through the form *jẹliŋ ~ *jẹlig.[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani yelin, Uzbek yelin, Bashkir елен (yelen) and Yakut сирин (sirin).

Noun[edit]

ҫилӗ (śilĕ) (plural ҫилӗсем) 

  1. (zootomy) udder
    Ҫиле массаж ту.Śile massaž tu.Massage the udders.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Agyágasi, Klára (2019) Chuvash Historical Phonetics (Turcologica; 117), Wiesbaden: Harrssowitz, page 48
  • Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “ҫилӗ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 213
  • Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “ҫилӗ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 118

Further reading[edit]

  • ҫилӗ”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.