сайӑ
Chuvash
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠰᠠᠶᠢᠨ (sayin, “good, well, fine”)[1] via a Turkic language.[2] Compare Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (say, “pure”) and Kyrgyz сай (say, “outstanding”).[3]
Adjective
[edit]сайӑ • (sajă)
References
[edit]- ^ Róna-Tas, András (1982), "Loan-Words of Ultimate Middle Mongolian Origin in Chuvash", in Studia Uralo-Altaica, volume 17, Szeged, pages 115-116
- ^ Poppe, Nicholas (1977), "On Chuvash-Mongolian Linguistic Contacts", in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 97, University of Washington, pages 113
- ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “сайӑ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 4