заан
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Mongolian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mongolic *jaxan, from Common Turkic *yaŋan, perhaps related to Proto-Dravidian *yānay or Middle Chinese 象 (zɨaŋB), from Old Chinese 象 (*C.laŋʔ).
Compare Middle Mongolian ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (ǰaɣan), East Yugur jaan hgor, Old Uyghur [script needed] (yaŋa), Western Yugur jaŋan, Tamil யானை (yāṉai), Thai ช้าง (cháang).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
заан • (zaan) (Uyghurjin spelling ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (ǰaɣan), plural заанууд); (regular declension)
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