шань

Komi-Zyrian

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *šoń (compare Udmurt шонер (šońer, “straight, true”)), ultimately from Proto-Finno-Ugric *šüŋä. Cognates include Erzya чив (čiv), Finnish hyvä, and Hungarian igen (“very, indeed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕanʲ/

Adjective

шань • (šań)

1. good, kind, gentle, mild

References

• Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “шань”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 157
• A. I. Podorova, editor (1948), Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], Syktyvkar: Коми Государственное Издательство, page 213