джейран

Russian
Джейра́н

Etymology

Borrowed via a Turkic language from Persian جیران (jêrân), from Middle Mongol [script needed] (ǰērän, “antelope”),[1] from Proto-Turkic *yẹgren (“yellow, chestnut”).

Compare Azerbaijani ceyran (“gazelle”), Kyrgyz жейрен (jeyren, “goitered gazelle”), Turkish ceylan (“antelope, gazelle”), Uzbek jayron (“goitered gazelle”).

Also compare Russian дзере́н (dzerén, “dzeren, Mongolian gazelle”), from Kalmyk зеерң (zeerñ, “antelope”) or Mongolian зээр (zeer, “gazelle”), from Proto-Mongolic *jexeren, commonly derived from Proto-Turkic *yẹgren (“yellow, chestnut”), whence also Kazakh жайран (jairan, “dzeren, Mongolian gazelle”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʐʐɨjˈran]

Noun

джейра́н • (džejrán) m anim (genitive джейра́на, nominative plural джейра́ны, genitive plural джейра́нов)

  1. goitered gazelle, black-tailed gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa)

Usage notes

Often used as the main word for "gazelle", since it is the species most familiar to Russian-speakers, although газе́ль (gazélʹ) also exists.

Declension
Declension of джейра́н (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative джейра́н
džejrán		 джейра́ны
džejrány
genitive джейра́на
džejrána		 джейра́нов
džejránov
dative джейра́ну
džejránu		 джейра́нам
džejránam
accusative джейра́на
džejrána		 джейра́нов
džejránov
instrumental джейра́ном
džejránom		 джейра́нами
džejránami
prepositional джейра́не
džejráne		 джейра́нах
džejránax

References
  1. Doerfer, Gerhard (1963) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 16)‎ (in German), volume 1, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 301-302
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