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Old Turkic
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”). Cognate with Turkish sandal (“sandalwood”). Compare also English sandalwood, a Sanskrit borrowing.
Noun
𐰲𐰃𐰣𐱃𐰣 (čïntan)
- sandalwood
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 4
𐰲𐰃𐰣𐱃𐰣:𐰃𐰍𐰲:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰢𐰭𐰃𐰠𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤- čïntan:yïɣač:üze:olurpan:meŋileyür:men
- I enjoy while sitting on a sandalwood tree.
References
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “çınt(a)n”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 53
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çıntan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 425