чолмон
Appearance
Southern Altai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *čolpan. Cognate with Kazakh шолпан (şolpan), Kyrgyz чолпон (colpon), Karachay-Balkar чолпан (çolpan), Kumyk чолпан (çolpan), Tatar чулпан (çulpan), Turkish çolpan, Tuvan шолбан (şolban), etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]чолмон • (čolmon)
- (astronomy) star (luminous celestial body)
- «Алтайдыҥ чолмоны» деп газет ― «Altaydïŋ čolmonï» dep gazet ― the newspaper Altaidyng cholmony (literally, “the Star of Altai”)
- Venus
Synonyms
[edit]- јылдыс (ǰïldïs)
- Таҥ јылдыс (Taŋ ǰïldïs)
References
[edit]Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 115