чолмон

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Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *čolpan. Cognate with Kazakh шолпан (şolpan), Kyrgyz чолпон (colpon), Karachay-Balkar чолпан (çolpan), Kumyk чолпан (çolpan), Tatar чулпан (çulpan), Turkish çolpan, Tuvan шолбан (şolban), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃol.mon/
  • Hyphenation: чол‧мон

Noun

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чолмон (čolmon)

  1. (astronomy) star (luminous celestial body)
    «Алтайдыҥ чолмоны» деп газет«Altaydïŋ čolmonï» dep gazetthe newspaper Altaidyng cholmony (literally, “the Star of Altai”)
    1. (semiotics) star (symbol)
  2. Venus

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References

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Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 115