чолмон

Southern Altai

Etymology

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

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

Noun

чолмон • (čolmon)

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

Synonyms
  • јылдыс (ǰïldïs)
  • Таҥ јылдыс (Taŋ ǰïldïs)

References

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

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