چاغنوس

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Byzantine Greek τσαγανός (tsaganós) / Greek τσαγανός (tsaganós, “crab”) has been found in sources from Constantinople and Keşan; there being a Pontic Greek τσαγάνα (tsagána, “crab”). Whereas Byzantine Greek ζαγάνος (zagános), Romanian zăgan, Ottoman Turkish زغنوس ,زاغنوس (zağanoz) means a vulture, being from Persian زغن (zağan), variant of Persian زاغ (zâğ).

Noun

چاغنوس • (çağanoz)

  1. shore crab

Descendants

  • Turkish: çağanoz

References

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çaganoz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 851
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چاغنوس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 461
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çaganoz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, pages 21–22
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 89
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاغنوس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 705
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