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Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *sïčgan (mouse). Often considered a nomen agentis from the verb *sïč- (to defecate). Cognate with Old Uyghur syčγ՚n (sïčɣan, mouse); Karakhanid سِجْغانْ (sïčɣān, mouse), Tatar тычкан (tıçkan), Bashkir сысҡан (sısqan), Southern Altai чычкан (čïčkan), Crimean Tatar sıçan, Kumyk чычкъан (çıçqan), Kazakh шышқан (şyşqan), Shor шышқан (šïšqan), Uzbek sichqon, Uyghur چاشقان (chashqan), Azerbaijani siçan, Turkmen syçan, Turkish sıçan (rat), etc.

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Noun

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чычкан (cıckan) (Arabic spelling چىچقان)

  1. mouse
  2. (computing) mouse

Declension

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Derived terms

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Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *sïčgan (mouse). Often considered a nomen agentis from the verb *sïč- (to defecate). Cognate with Old Uyghur syčγ՚n (sïčɣan, mouse); Karakhanid سِجْغانْ (sïčɣān, mouse), Tatar тычкан (tıçkan), Bashkir сысҡан (sısqan), Kyrgyz чычкан (cıckan), Crimean Tatar sıçan, Kumyk чычкъан (çıçqan), Kazakh шышқан (şyşqan), Shor шышқан (šïšqan), Uzbek sichqon, Uyghur چاشقان (chashqan), Azerbaijani siçan, Turkmen syçan, Turkish sıçan (rat), etc.

Noun

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чычкан (čïčkan)

  1. mouse