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заан

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Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (ǰaɣan)	заан (zaan)

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заан

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *jaxan, from Proto-Common Turkic *ǰagan < *žaŋgan < Middle Chinese 象 (zjang^X) < Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ).^[1]

Also from 象 (MC zjangX) are:

Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (ǰaɣan), East Yugur jaan hgor;
Proto-Common Turkic *žaŋgan > *yaŋan > Old Uyghur 𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽰 (yaŋa) > Western Yugur yaŋan;^[1] and
Proto-Tai *ɟaːŋꟲ (“elephant”) > Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɟaːŋꟲ² (“elephant”) > Thai ช้าง (cháang).^[2]^[3]

False cognate of Proto-Dravidian *yĀnay (“elephant”) (whence Tamil யானை (yāṉai)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͜saːɴ̟/

Noun

заан • (zaan)

elephant

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ünal, Orçun (2014) “Once Again on the Etymology of the Old Turkic Yaŋa ~ Yaŋan ~ Yagan 'Elephant'”, in Hacettepe University Journal of Turkish Studies, volume 11, number 21, Extended Summary, pages 229-249.
^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University, page 364
^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2014) “Layers of Chinese Loanwords in Proto-Southwestern Tai as Evidence for the Dating of the Spread of Southwestern Tai”, in MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities‎^[2], volume 20 (special issue), Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University, →ISSN, page 58

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