джейран

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Джейра́н

Etymology

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Borrowed via a Turkic language from Persian جیران (jêrân), from Middle Mongol [script needed] (ǰērän, antelope),[1] from Proto-Turkic *yẹgren (yellow, chestnut).

Compare Azerbaijani ceyran (gazelle), Kyrgyz жейрен (jeyren, goitered gazelle), Turkish ceylan (antelope, gazelle), Uzbek jayron (goitered gazelle).

Also compare Russian дзере́н (dzerén, dzeren, Mongolian gazelle), from Kalmyk зеерң (zeerñ, antelope) or Mongolian зээр (zeer, gazelle), from Proto-Mongolic *jexeren, commonly derived from Proto-Turkic *yẹgren (yellow, chestnut), whence also Kazakh жайран (jairan, dzeren, Mongolian gazelle).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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джейра́н (džejránm anim (genitive джейра́на, nominative plural джейра́ны, genitive plural джейра́нов)

  1. goitered gazelle, black-tailed gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa)

Usage notes

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Often used as the main word for "gazelle", since it is the species most familiar to Russian-speakers, although газе́ль (gazélʹ) also exists.

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1963) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 16)‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 301-302