barchan

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English

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A barchan.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Russian барха́н (barxán), from Kazakh барқан (barqan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑː(ɹ)ˈkɑːn/, /bɑː(ɹ)ˈxɑːn/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

barchan (plural barchans)

  1. An arc-shaped sand ridge comprising well-sorted sand.
    • 1966, Edwin Sherbon Hills, Arid Lands: A Geographical Appraisal, page 72:
      The sand is usually very well sorted in barchans, for it is constantly re-worked as the dune ‘marches’. The marching also causes cross-bedding inside the barchan, with a dip parallel to the sand-fall face.
    • 1988, Robert Irwin, The Mysteries of Algiers, Dedalus, published 1993, page 69:
      But to follow the dunes around the foot of their slopes is also tedious and one can walk for half a kilometre east or west, finding one barchan linked to another and no easy way through [] .
    • 2008, Julie Laity, Deserts and Desert Environments, page 205:
      Barchans and transverse dunes are essentially of the same type, forming and migrating under a unidirectional wind regime. The difference between the two is related to the amount of sand: barchans are isolated mounds, whereas transverse dunes are composed of many barchans coalesced into a single, longer dune form (Tsoar 2001).
    • 2010, Robert S. Anderson, Suzanne P. Anderson, Geomorphology: The Mechanics and Chemistry of Landscapes, page 482:
      Perhaps the most distinctive is the barchan dune, an isolated crescentic form with arms that stretch downwind. Barchans are not huge, often with heights of only a few meters.

Derived terms

Translations

Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German barchant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈbarxan/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈbarxan/

Noun

barchan m inan

  1. fustian

Declension

Descendants

References

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech barchan.[1][2][3] First attested in 1370.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /barxaːn/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /barxɒn/

Noun

barchan m inan (related adjective barchanový)

  1. (attested in Masovia, Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) fustian
    • 1950 [1477], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 3094, Warsaw:
      Jako themv gwalthowi o szvknya y o barchan, o kthore mnye Borzym poszvąl, *røk mynąl, thako my pomozi boog y szwanthi crzyschs
      [Jako temu gwałtowi o suknią i o barchan, o ktore mnie Borzym pozwał, rok minął, tako mi pomoży Bog i święty krzyż]
    • 1370, Adam Chmiel, editor, Księgi radzieckie kazimierskie, Krakow, page 20:
      Pro duobus barchanis
      [Pro duobus barchanis]
    • 1442, Wokabularz Raczyńskich, Biblioteki Raczyńskich w Poznaniu, sygn. 1360/I, page 136r:
      Lliniscenia vestis lana et ex lino contexsta vlg. barchan
      [Lliniscenia vestis lana et ex lino contexsta vlg. barchan]
    • 1450, Piotr z Uścia, Rozariusz kapitulny, Ujście: Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej, sygn. Ms 224, page 145v:
      Liniscenia dicitur vestis ex lino et lana contexta et alio nomine dicitur liniscius proprie barchan
      [Liniscenia dicitur vestis ex lino et lana contexta et alio nomine dicitur liniscius proprie barchan]
    • 1463, Wokabularz petersburski VII, Cesarskiej Biblioteki Publicznej w Petersburgu, sygn. Lat.Q.ch.I.100, page 12:
      Linistius barchan
      [Linistius barchan]
    • XV p. post., rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza w rękopisie Biblioteki Zakładu Narodowego im. Ossolińskich we Lwowie, obecnie we Wrocławiu, o sygn. 3297, z r. 1476, page 131r:
      Liniscema dicitur uestis ex lino et lana contexta et alio nomine dicitur liniscius proprie *brachan
      [Liniscema dicitur uestis ex lino et lana contexta et alio nomine dicitur liniscius proprie *brachan]
    • XV p. post., Rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza w rękopisie Biblioteki Zakładu Narodowego im. Ossolińskich we Lwowie, obecnie we Wrocławiu, o sygn. 1630, page 129v:
      Liniscenia dicitur vestis ex lino et lana contexta Et alio nomine dicitur liniscius proprie barchan
      [Liniscenia dicitur vestis ex lino et lana contexta Et alio nomine dicitur liniscius proprie barchan]
    • XV p. post., Wokabularz petersburski II, Cesarskiej Biblioteki Publicznej w Petersburgu, sygn. Lat.F.ch.XVI.12, page 9:
      Liniscenia barchan vel brucfa
      [Liniscenia barchan vel brucfa]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 23v:
      Cardiunculus barchan
      [Cardiunculus barchan]

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “barchan I”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “I barchan”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “barchan”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)

Polish

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish barchan.

Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -arxan
  • Syllabification: bar‧chan

Noun

barchan m inan (related adjective barchanowy)

  1. fustian
    1. fustian clothing
Declension
Alternative forms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkmen .[1][2][3] First attested in 1925.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

barchan m inan (related adjective barchanowy)

  1. barchan
    Hypernym: wydma
Declension

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “barchan II”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “II barchan”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “barchan II”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

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