bicin

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄čin. Cognate with Turkmen bījin (“monkey”), Southern Altai мечин (mečin), Western Yugur [script needed] (pičin).

Pronunciation

• (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [piʝin]

Noun

bicin

1. monkey

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “piʝin”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 447
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “biijin”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 42
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “bidʒin”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 121
• 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “bijin”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎^[2], 1^st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 106
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “bijin”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), pages 88, 294