𐰲𐰃𐰴𐰣

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Uncertain, possibly from Mongolic language, compare Mongolian зээ (zee) and Turkmen çykan or a variant of Proto-Turkic *yegen (nibling), if so cognate with Turkish yeğen.

Noun

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𐰲𐰃𐰴𐰣 (čïqan)

  1. nibling; nephew or niece
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S13
      𐰉𐰺𐰴:𐰃𐱅𐰏𐰇𐰲𐰃:𐰋𐰓𐰔:𐰖𐰺𐱃𐰍𐰢𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏:𐱃𐱁:𐰃𐱅𐰏𐰇𐰲𐰃:𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰲𐰃𐰴𐰣𐰃:𐰲𐰭:𐰾𐰭𐰇𐰤:𐰚𐰠𐱅𐰃
      barq:étgüči:bediz:yaratɣučï:bitig:taš:étgüči:tabɣač:qaɣan:čïqanï:čaŋ:seŋün:kelti
      General Zhang Quyi, the nephew of the Chinese emperor, came in order to build the mausoleum, to make sculptures, to paint and to prepare the insription stones.

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “čïqan”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 323
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çıkan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 409
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jEgin”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill