саман

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Evenki

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *samān (shaman), compare Nanai сама̄н (samān) and Manchu ᠰᠠᠮᠠᠨ (saman) etc. Probably from Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇa, ascetic, monk, Sramana) or Pali samaṇa, likely via Middle Chinese 沙門 (shāmén).

An alternative theory derives the Proto-Tungusic word from an ancestor of Nivkh чам (ț’am, eagle, shaman), but the direction of the borrowing is usually taken to be the reverse.

Pronunciation

Noun

сама̄н (samān)

  1. shaman

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References

  • Vasilevič, G. M. (1958) “сама̄н”, in Эвэнкийско-Русский словарь [Evenki-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: GIS, page 342/2

Russian

Etymology

From a Turkic language. See Turkish saman.

Pronunciation

Noun

сама́н (samánm inan (genitive сама́на, nominative plural сама́ны, genitive plural сама́нов)

  1. adobe (unburnt brick)
    по ме́ре затвердевания, сама́н скла́дывали в колонку с зазо́ром, что́бы быстре́е высыха́л
    po mére zatverdevanija, samán skládyvali v kolonku s zazórom, štóby bystréje vysyxál
    as soon as they hardened, the adobes were piled up in independent columns so that they dried faster
  2. air brick

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