заан

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Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ
(ǰaɣan)
заан
(zaan)
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Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *jaxan, from Common Turkic *yaŋan, perhaps related to Proto-Dravidian *yĀnay or Middle Chinese (zɨɐŋX), from Old Chinese (*ljaŋʔ).

Compare Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (ǰaɣan), East Yugur jaan hgor, Old Uyghur [script needed] (yaŋa), Western Yugur jaŋan, Tamil யானை (yāṉai), Thai ช้าง (cháang).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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заан (zaan)

  1. elephant

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.