حىان كوان

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kān (“blood”) + Proto-Turkic *kün (“day”). Cognate to Crimean Karaim къанкүн (Kankün, “Wednesday”).

Noun

حىان كوان (xyān kön)

1. Wednesday

   فانى دنياران كوالجصن باقى اخرة بطوى تاريح جىات جور ال سكر جال ذو القغ[ده] ايج وان سكر كوان ات حىان كوان ا[ت]٠

   Fânî dönyârân köwelçisan bâkî ahirete batuwi târîha çiyeti çü:r elü sekir çâl dû-l-qa'da ayhi wân sekir küwen eti. Xyân küwen eti.

   The date of his passing from the mortal world to the eternal afterlife was the eighteenth day of the month of Dhu al-Qa'dah in the year seven hundred fifty eight. It was a Wednesday.

Related terms

• كجن ارن كوان (kiçin erne kön, “Thursday”)
• ارنى كوان (erni kön, “Friday”), ايرن كوان (érne kön, “Friday”)
• خير كون (Xayır kön, “Charity day, Friday”)

Descendants

• Chuvash: юнкун (junk̬un)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 16, 96
• Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 41