джейран

Russian

Джейра́н

Etymology

Borrowed via a Turkic language from Persian جیران (jêrân), from Middle Mongol [script needed] (ǰērän, “antelope”), from Proto-Turkic *yẹgren (“yellow, chestnut”).

Compare Azerbaijani ceyran (“gazelle”), Kyrgyz жейрен (jeyren, “goitered gazelle”), Turkish ceylan (“antelope, gazelle”), Uzbek jayron (“goitered gazelle”).

Also compare Russian дзере́н (dzerén, “dzeren, Mongolian gazelle”), from Kalmyk зеерң (zeerñ, “antelope”) or Mongolian зээр (zeer, “gazelle”), from Proto-Mongolic *jexeren, commonly derived from Proto-Turkic *yẹgren (“yellow, chestnut”), whence also Kazakh жайран (jairan, “dzeren, Mongolian gazelle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʐʐɨjˈran]

Noun

джейра́н • (džejrán) m anim (genitive джейра́на, nominative plural джейра́ны, genitive plural джейра́нов)

1. goitered gazelle, black-tailed gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa)

Usage notes

Often used as the main word for "gazelle", since it is the species most familiar to Russian-speakers, although газе́ль (gazélʹ) also exists.

Declension

Declension of джейра́н (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	джейра́н džejrán	джейра́ны džejrány
genitive	джейра́на džejrána	джейра́нов džejránov
dative	джейра́ну džejránu	джейра́нам džejránam
accusative	джейра́на džejrána	джейра́нов džejránov
instrumental	джейра́ном džejránom	джейра́нами džejránami
prepositional	джейра́не džejráne	джейра́нах džejránax