саң

See also: сан, -сан, cah, and Appendix:Variations of "san"

Bashkir

Etymology 1

Cognate with Kazakh шаң (şañ), Nogai шанъ (şañ), Kyrgyz чаң (caŋ), Kumyk чанг (çañ), Turkmen çaň, Crimean Tatar çañ, Uzbek chang, Uyghur چاڭ (chang, “dust”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑŋ]
• Hyphenation: саң (one syllable)

Noun

саң • (transliteration needed)

1. dust

   Саң бураны.

   Dust storm.

   Турғай саңда ҡойонһа, ямғыр яуа.

   If a sparrow takes a dust bath, it will rain.

   Баҡса өйөн йыйыштырғанда саң борхотмағыҙ, битлек, бирсәткә кейегеҙ.

   When cleaning (your) garden cottage, do not raise dust, wear a mask (and) gloves.

Declension

Inflection of саң

	singular only
absolute	саң
definite genitive	саңдың
dative	саңға
definite accusative	саңды
locative	саңда
ablative	саңдан

Synonyms

• туҙан

Etymology 2

From Sinitic 鉦 (MC tsyeng, “gong”), compare Mandarin 鉦／钲 (zhēng, “gong”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (čaŋ, “bell; cymbals”), Shor шаң (“bell”), Khakas саң (sañ, “bell”), Turkish çan (“bell”), Uyghur چاڭ (chang, “cymbal-type instrument”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑŋ]
• Hyphenation: саң

Noun

саң • (transliteration needed)

1. the resonant sound of a bell or metal; ring, jingle, chime, toll (sound)

   Ҡаланан даң-доң саң ҡаҡҡан тауыш ишетелде.

   The sound of ringing was heard from the city.

2. (figurative) alarm bell, tocsin

   Һуңғы арала, ниһәйәт, властең төрлө кимәлдерендә саң ҡаға башланылар: конференциялар йыялар, докладтар уҡыйҙар, һәр министрлыҡ тиерлек үҙ проектын тәҡдим итә.

   Recently, after all, (they) began to ring the alarm bell at various levels of authorities: (they) convene conferences, read reports, almost every ministry proposes its project.

Declension

Inflection of саң

	singular only
absolute	саң
definite genitive	саңдың
dative	саңға
definite accusative	саңды
locative	саңда
ablative	саңдан

References

• Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), “čaŋ”, in Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 139.

Khakas

Noun

саң • (sañ)

1. bell