јетеген
Southern Altai
Etymology
From *yetigän (“Ursa Major”), from Proto-Turkic Proto-Turkic *yẹt(t)i (“seven”).
Cognate withOld Uyghur [script needed] (jetigän, “Ursa Major”),Tatar җидегән (cidegän, “Ursa Major”),Nogai Етеген (Yetegen, “Ursa Major”),Kyrgyz Жетиген (Jetigen, “Ursa Major”),Khakas Чидіген (Çidìgen, “Ursa Major”),Tofa Чеді Ӄан (“Ursa Major”).
Compare alsoKazakh жетіген (jetigen, “a 7-stringed musical instrument”).
Noun
јетеген • (ǰetegen)
- Ursa Major
Related terms
- Јети-каан (J̌eti-kaan)
References
- Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1893–1911) Opyt slovarja tjurkskix narěčij – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects] (in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 365