ӄань

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *qan (“khan, ruler”), which is potentially the progenitor of Turkic and Mongolic *kagan (“khagan, ruler”) via the compound *qeˀ-qan (“khagan, ruler”, literally “big-khan”),[1] for which compare Orkhon Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹ /⁠qaɣan⁠/, “Khagan, regal title”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qan̥ʲ˧]

Noun

ӄань (qānʲ) m (plural ӄаняаӈ (qanʲáŋ))

  1. (historical, politics, sociology) king, Khan
    Coordinate term: ӄанам (qānam, “queen, khatun”)
    Ъӷай ӄань сьэӈдовыльда дъʼӄ. (Kellog dialect)
    Ʌʁaj qānʲ sʲɛŋdɔvɨlʲda dʌˀq.
    Kings[2] used to rule people.
    Ӄаньда хуʼнь даойгиӈабет. (Kellog dialect)
    Qanʲda huˀnʲ daɔjɣiŋabɛt.
    The king's daughter was moody [that day.]

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2007) “Once again on the title qaγan”, in Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, number 12, page 184 of 177-184
  2. ^ Singular.
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “qān (2)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 287
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*qan (5)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 633
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “ӄань (I) (м) [мн. ӄаняаӈ]”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы‎[1], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 55
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