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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Komi-Permyak кай (kaj)
Pronunciation
Noun
кая́н • (kaján) m anim (genitive кая́на, nominative plural кая́ны, genitive plural кая́нов)
- (dated, regional) tit (any bird of the family Paridae)
- Synonyms: сини́чка (siníčka), сини́ца (siníca)
Declension
References
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “каян”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “каян”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress