چاشقان

Uyghur

Other scripts

Perso-Arabic	چاشقان
Latin	‍chashqan‍
Cyrillic	чашқан

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑʃqɑn/

Noun

چاشقان • (chashqan) (plural چاشقانلار (chashqanlar))

1. mouse, rat