چاشقان
Uyghur
[edit]| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Perso-Arabic | چاشقان |
| Latin | chashqan |
| Cyrillic | чашқан |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *sïčgan (“mouse”). Often considered a nomen agentis from the verb *sïč- (“to defecate”).
Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (syčγ՚n /sïčɣan/), Karakhanid سِجْغانْ (sïčɣān), Armeno-Kipchak սըչխան (sïč̣χan), Tatar тычкан (tıçkan), Kazakh тышқан (tyşqan), Kyrgyz чычкан (cıckan), Southern Altai чычкан (čïčkan), Shor шышқан (šïšqan), Uzbek sichqon, Bashkir сысҡан (sısqan), Turkmen syçan, Turkish sıçan (“mouse”), etc.