Turkic etymology : Query result

Proto-Turkic: *jān

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: side

Russian meaning: сторона

Old Turkic: jan (Orkh., OUygh.)

Karakhanid: jan (MK)

Turkish: jan

Tatar: jan

Middle Turkic: jan (Bor. Bad, Abush.)

Uighur: jan

Sary-Yughur: jan

Azerbaidzhan: jan

Turkmen: jān

Khakassian: nan, čan

Shor: čan

Oyrat: jan, d́an

Halaj: jān

Chuvash: śom

Tuva: čan

Kirghiz: ǯan

Kazakh: žan

Noghai: jan

Bashkir: jan

Balkar: ǯan, žan, zan

Gagauz: jan

Karaim: jan

Karakalpak: žan

Salar: jan

Kumyk: jan

Comments: VEWT 184, EDT 940, ЭСТЯ 4, 113, 118-119, TMN 4, 120, Федотов 2, 135. The word has an anatomical meaning ('hip') in old sources, but the meaning 'side' is also attested and must be more archaic, to judge from external evidence; the more abstract meaning in Chuvash ('vicinity') also supports 'side' as the original meaning.

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