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dovşan

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Azerbaijani

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Cyrillic довшан
Abjad دووشان
Dovşan

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *tabɨĺgan (hare). Cognate with Turkish tavşan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dovşan (definite accusative dovşanı, plural dovşanlar)

  1. rabbit

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Səlimi, Hüseynqulu (1976) A generative phonology of Azerbaijani (PhD)‎[1], University of Florida, page 49:
    by 'half-falling' diphthongs, as the majority of his examples show, Shiraliyev intends the [ow] and [öẅ] diphthongs which also occur in Tabriz speech, e.g., the Baku, Shamakhi, Mughan [dōu̯šan] 'rabbit', [dȫü̯læt] 'wealth, government', the Tabriz [dowšan] 'rabbit', [döẅlæt] 'wealth, government'.

Further reading

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Salar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *tabïĺgan, cognate Azerbaijani dovşan.

Pronunciation

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  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Samuyuzi, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /toːʷʃan/, /towʃan/, /toʷʃæn/, /toʷʃen/, /toːʃen/, /toːʃan/
  • (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /tovʷʃen/, /tovʷʃenur/, /tovʷʃenʒux/
  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Mengda, Ashnu, Hualong, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Samuyuzi, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /toʷʃan/

Noun

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dovşan

  1. hare, rabbit
    Dovşan yükürse hagındır, Qarabağa yükürse asandır.The hare runs fast, the tortoise runs slow.

References

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  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “dovşan”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 91
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “dovşan”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 91
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “dovşan”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 264
  • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “dovşan”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[2], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 120
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “dovşan”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 80