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Corpus of Old Turkic

𐱃𐰣

tan

Meaning:
body

The prevailing etymology treats tan as an early Iranian loan, possibly from Middle Persian tan or Sogdian tn. Dybo distinguishes this early borrowing from later New Persian loans of the type ten/tĂ€n; their similarity does not establish direct descent from the Old Turkic word. Yalçın has alternatively argued for a Turkic origin involving yin “body, skin”.

In modern languages (0 / 22)

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Turkish (Azerbaijan) The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Turkish (TĂŒrkiye) The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Salar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Gagauz The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Crimean The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Uyghur The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Uzbek The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Kazakh The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Nogai The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Siberian Tatar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Kyrgyz The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Altai The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Alan The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Kumyk The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Tatar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Bashkir The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Tıva The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Khakas The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Khalaj The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Chuvash The cognate has disappeared from this language.

Examples

Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens

1

Translations

German:
Körper, Leib
Russian:
Ń‚Đ”Đ»ĐŸ
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
bədən
Turkish (TĂŒrkiye):
beden

Bibliography 4

  • Hendrik Boeschoten (2022) A dictionary of early middle Turkic
    p. 329b
  • Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El SözlĂŒÄŸĂŒ
    p. 669a
  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish
    p. 510a
  • M RĂ€sĂ€nen, I KecskemĂ©ti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der TĂŒrksprachen
    p. 473a