𐰲𐰃𐰍𐰪
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Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čï̄gań (“poor”). Compare also Greek τσιγγάνος (tsingános).
Adjective
[edit]𐰲𐰃𐰍𐰪 (čïɣań)
- poor
- 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.
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E16
References
[edit]- 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