йӗнӗ

Chuvash

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kï̄n (“sheath”).

Cognate with Turkish kın, Uzbek qin, Bashkir ҡын (qın) and Yakut кыын (kıın).

Noun

йӗнӗ • (jĕnĕ) (plural йӗнӗсем) 

1. sheath, scabbard

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *īn (“den, lair”).

Cognate with Turkish in, Uzbek in, Kazakh ін (ın) and Yakut иин (iin).

Noun

йӗнӗ • (jĕnĕ) (plural йӗнӗсем) 

1. den, lair

References

• Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “йӗнӗ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, pages 195-196
• Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “йӗнӗ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 79

Further reading

• “йӗнӗ”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.