صیچان

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Ottoman Turkish

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صیچان

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sïčgan (mouse) and thus related to صیچمق (sıçmak, to defecate); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰽𐰲𐰍𐰭 (sïčgan), Azerbaijani siçan, Bashkir сысҡан (sısqan), Chuvash шӑши (šăš̬i), Kazakh тышқан (tyşqan), Kyrgyz чычкан (cıckan), Turkmen syçan, Uyghur چاشقان (chashqan) and Uzbek sichqon.

Noun

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صیچان (sıçan)

  1. mouse, any small rodent of the genus Mus
    Synonyms: فار (far), موش (muş)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: sıçan
  • Serbo-Croatian: sičan

Further reading

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