казанъ

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Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic language, probably from Ottoman Turkish قزان (kazan), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kaŕgan. Сompare to Turkish kazan, Crimean Tatar qazan, Azerbaijani qazan, Kazakh қазан (qazan), Uzbek qozon. Cognate with Russian каза́н (kazán) (from Middle Russian каза́нъ (kazán), attested in 16th-17th centuries). First attested in c. 1600.

Noun

казанъ (kazanm inan (diminutive казанокъ or казанецъ)

  1. cauldron, kazan

Descendants

  • Belarusian: каза́н (kazán)
  • Ukrainian: каза́н (kazán)

Further reading

  • Voitiv, H. V., editor (2008), “казанъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 14 (к – конъюрация), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 10
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “казанъ”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 355