اژلنك

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Karakhanid[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown, Clauson suggests an Iranic origin.[1] might be a compound of اژ shortened from persian اژدرها(ajdarhā, dragon)+ the native wild animal suffix -lang (compare Turkmen gaplaň).

Noun[edit]

اژْلَنْكْ (ajlaŋ)

  1. (Oghuz) chameleon

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ajlaŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 26

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