"lāčïn" meaning in Proto-Turkic

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Noun

Etymology: The ultimate origin is unknown but thought to be external, due to the initial consonant /l/ being untypical for native Turkic lexicon. The source is believed to be other than Mongolic, since the areas where the term occurs is untypical for Mongolic borrowings in Turkic. Mongolian начин (način) is considered to be a borrowing from Turkic itself, whereas Tuvan начин (naçin) is a back-loan from Mongolian. Clauson believes the source to be ultimately Tokharian. Nishanyan proposes a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ala + *-čin by apheresis. Etymology templates: {{unk|trk-pro|nocap=1}} unknown, {{cog|mn|начин}} Mongolian начин (način), {{cog|tyv|начин}} Tuvan начин (naçin), {{m+|trk-pro|*ala + *-čin}} Proto-Turkic *ala + *-čin, {{glossary|apheresis}} apheresis Head templates: {{head|trk-pro|noun}} *lāčïn
  1. falcon Wikipedia link: Tokharian Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-lāčïn-trk-pro-noun-qEVxOUte Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "lang_code": "mn",
          "roman": "način",
          "word": "начин"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "lang_code": "mnc",
          "raw_tags": [
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "roman": "nacin",
          "word": "ᠨᠠᠴᡳᠨ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Tuvan",
          "lang_code": "tyv",
          "raw_tags": [
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "roman": "naçin",
          "word": "начин"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
          "raw_tags": [
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "roman": "nanchuni",
          "word": "난추니"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Mongol",
      "lang_code": "xng",
      "roman": "način",
      "word": "ᠨᠠᠴᠢᠨ"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "lang_code": "cv",
          "roman": "lač̬ăm",
          "word": "лачӑм"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "lang_code": "cv",
          "roman": "laččăn",
          "word": "лаччӑн"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Oghur",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "word": "laçın"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "word": "laçın"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "lang_code": "tk",
          "word": "laçyn"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Oghuz",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Uyghur",
                  "lang_code": "ug",
                  "roman": "lachin",
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                },
                {
                  "lang": "Uzbek",
                  "lang_code": "uz",
                  "word": "lochin"
                }
              ],
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          "word": "لاچِنْ"
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              "lang": "Bashkir",
              "lang_code": "ba",
              "roman": "ılasın",
              "word": "ыласын"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Tatar",
              "lang_code": "tt",
              "roman": "laçın",
              "word": "лачын"
            }
          ],
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        },
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            }
          ],
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                },
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                }
              ],
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            },
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                  "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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                  "roman": "ılaacın",
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                },
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                  "lang": "Southern Altai",
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                  "roman": "ïlaačïn",
                  "word": "ылаачын"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Kyrgyz-Kipchak",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "South Kipchak",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Karluk",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
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        {
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                {
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                }
              ],
              "lang": "Yenisei",
              "lang_code": "unknown"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "South Siberian",
          "lang_code": "unknown"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Siberian",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
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    },
    {
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        "2": "начин"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        },
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}

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