dovşan

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Azerbaijani

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Cyrillic довшан
Abjad دووشان
Dovşan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tabɨĺgan (hare). Cognate with Turkish tavşan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dovşan (definite accusative dovşanı, plural dovşanlar)

  1. rabbit

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Səlimi, Hüseynqulu (1976) A generative phonology of Azerbaijani (PhD)‎, University of Florida, page 49:
    by 'half-falling' diphthongs, as the majority of his examples show, Shiraliyev intends the and diphthongs which also occur in Tabriz speech, e.g., the Baku, Shamakhi, Mughan 'rabbit', 'wealth, government', the Tabriz 'rabbit', 'wealth, government'.

Further reading

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tabïĺgan, cognate Azerbaijani dovşan.

Pronunciation

  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Samuyuzi, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /toːʷʃan/, /towʃan/, /toʷʃæn/, /toʷʃen/, /toːʃen/, /toːʃan/
  • (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /tovʷʃen/, /tovʷʃenur/, /tovʷʃenʒux/
  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Mengda, Ashnu, Hualong, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Samuyuzi, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /toʷʃan/

Noun

dovşan

  1. hare, rabbit
    Dovşan yükürse hagındır, Qarabağa yükürse asandır.The hare runs fast, the tortoise runs slow.

References

  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “dovşan”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 91
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “dovşan”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 91
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “dovşan”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 264
  • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “dovşan”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 120
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “dovşan”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 80