𐰲𐰃𐰍𐰪

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čï̄gań (poor). Compare also Greek τσιγγάνος (tsingános).

Adjective

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𐰲𐰃𐰍𐰪 (čïɣań)

  1. poor
    Synonym: 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qara)
    Antonym: 𐰉𐰖 (bay)
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E16
      𐰲𐰃𐰍𐰪𐰍:𐰉𐰖:𐰶𐰡𐰃:𐰔𐰃𐰍:𐰜𐰇𐱁:𐰶𐰡𐰃
      čïɣań:bay:qïltï:azïɣ:üküš:qïltï
      He made the poor rich and the few numerous.

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “čïγań”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 323
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çığa:ñ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 408
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*čɨ̄gań”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill