тунтикун

Chuvash

Etymology

Inherited from Volga Bulgar, which is likey from Proto-Turkic *tog- (“to be born”). Related to dialectal Bashkir and Tatar туган күн (tuğan kün, “Monday; lit. birth day”), Eastern Mari шочмо (šočmo, “Monday; lit. birth day”). Perhaps from Volga Bulgar *طوطوى كوان (tawtuwi küwen).

Noun

тунтикун • (tunt̬ik̬un) (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural тунтикунсем) 

1. Monday

References

• Munkácsi, B. (2020). İdil-ural Bölgesinin Eski Halklarında Günlerin Pagan Adları (E. Yılmaz, çev.). İdil Ural Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2(1), 161-176. [1]

Further reading

• “тунтикун”, in Электронлӑ сӑмахсар [Elektronlă s̬ămahsar]‎^[2] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.