From Proto-Turkic *čadan (“scorpion”). possibly from Middle Chinese 蠆 (ʈʰˠaiH) with a final -n added.
Cognate with Old Uyghur (čadan, “scorpion; (astrology) Scorpio”); Kazakh шаян (şaän, “scorpion”), Southern Altai сай (say, “scorpion”), Uzbek chayon (“scorpion”), Uyghur چايان (chayan, “scorpion”), Azerbaijani çayan, Turkish çıyan (“scorpion”).
саян • (sayan)
singular | plural | |
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absolute | саян (sayan) | саяндар (sayandar) |
definite genitive | саяндың (sayandıñ) | саяндарҙың (sayandarźıñ) |
dative | саянға (sayanğa) | саяндарға (sayandarğa) |
definite accusative | саянды (sayandı) | саяндарҙы (sayandarźı) |
locative | саянда (sayanda) | саяндарҙа (sayandarźa) |
ablative | саяндан (sayandan) | саяндарҙан (sayandarźan) |
саян • (sajan)