кӑвакал
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Chuvash[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kȫkel (“drake”), equivalent to кӑвак (kăvak, “blue, grey”) + -ал (-al).[1][2] Yegorov also suggested it may be from an onomatopoeia ква-ква (kva-kva),[3] however this is considered incorrect by Eren and Fedotov.
Cognate with Turkish gövel (“green headed (of ducks)”) and Bashkir күгәл (kügəl, “drake”).
Noun[edit]
кӑвакал • (kăvak̬al) (plural кӑвакалсем)
References[edit]
- ^ Eren, Hasan (1982) “Remarks on V. G. Egorov's Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language”, in Studies in Chuvash Etymology I, pages 30-31
- ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “кӑвакал”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 246
- ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “кӑвакал”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 96