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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qan (“khan, ruler”), which is potentially the progenitor of Turkic and Mongolic *kagan (“khagan, ruler”) via the compound *qeˀ-qan (“khagan, ruler”, literally “big-khan”), for which compare Orkhon Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹ /qaɣan/, “Khagan, regal title”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ӄань (qānʲ) m (plural ӄаняаӈ (qanʲáŋ))
- (historical, politics, sociology) king, Khan
- Coordinate term: ӄанам (qānam, “queen, khatun”)
Ъӷай ӄань сьэӈдовыльда дъʼӄ. (Kellog dialect)- Ʌʁaj qānʲ sʲɛŋdɔvɨlʲda dʌˀq.
- Kings used to rule people.
Ӄаньда хуʼнь даойгиӈабет. (Kellog dialect)- Qanʲda huˀnʲ daɔjɣiŋabɛt.
- The king's daughter was moody
References
- ^ Vovin, Alexander (2007) “Once again on the title qaγan”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, number 12, page 184 of 177-184
- ^ Singular.
- Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “qān (2)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 287
- Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*qan (5)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 633
- Werner, Heinrich (2002) “ӄань (I) (м) ”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы, 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 55