кӑвакарчӑн

Chuvash
Кӑвакарчӑн

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kȫkerčin (“dove, pigeon”),[1] equivalent to кӑвакар (kăvak̬ar, “to become blue”) + -чӑн (-čăn).

Cognate with Khalaj kö̂kərçik, Turkish güvercin, Bashkir күгәрсен (kügərsen) and Tuvan көгээзин (kögeezin).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /k(ə)ʋaˈɡard͡ʑən/

Noun

кӑвакарчӑн • (kăvak̬arč̬ăn)

  1. dove, pigeon

Derived terms
  • кӑвакарчӑн куҫӗ (kăvak̬arč̬ăn k̬uś̬ĕ, “forget-me-not”)
  • кӑвакарчӑн шӑтӑкӗ (kăvak̬arč̬ăn š̬ăt̬ăk̬ĕ, “gable window”)

References
  1. Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “кӑвакарчӑн”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 97

Further reading
  • “кӑвакарчӑн”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎ (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
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