заан

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (ǰaɣan)	заан (zaan)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *jaxan, from Common Turkic *yaŋan, perhaps related to Proto-Dravidian *yĀnay or Middle Chinese 象 (zɨɐŋ^X), from Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ).

Compare Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠨ (ǰaɣan), East Yugur jaan hgor, Old Uyghur [script needed] (yaŋa), Western Yugur jaŋan, Tamil யானை (yāṉai), Thai ช้าง (cháang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͜saːɴ̟/

Noun

заан • (zaan)

1. elephant

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.