"tarkan" meaning in Proto-Turkic

See tarkan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Inherited from a pre-Turkic language, according to Doerfer, further borrowed from another language as evidenced by its irregular plural, itself likely borrowed from or cognate to Xiongnu 單于 (*darƣʷa) and Sogdian 𐽂𐽀𐼲𐼴𐼰𐼻 (trɣwʾn), of highly contested origin, see Chinese 單于 (chányú) and the Wikipedia page for more. Etymology templates: {{cog|mis-xnu|單于|tr=*darƣʷa}} Xiongnu 單于 (*darƣʷa), {{cog|sog|𐽂𐽀𐼲𐼴𐼰𐼻}} Sogdian 𐽂𐽀𐼲𐼴𐼰𐼻 (trɣwʾn), {{cog|zh|單于}} Chinese 單于 (chányú) Head templates: {{head|trk-pro|noun}} *tarkan
  1. tarkhan Wikipedia link: Tarkhan Tags: reconstruction
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    },
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                  "word": "თარხანი"
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                  "word": "թարխան"
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              "lang": "Old Uyghur",
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    },
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              "word": "𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰣"
            },
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              "lang": "Old Uyghur",
              "lang_code": "oui",
              "roman": "tʾrqʾn",
              "word": "𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽺"
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  "etymology_text": "Inherited from a pre-Turkic language, according to Doerfer, further borrowed from another language as evidenced by its irregular plural, itself likely borrowed from or cognate to Xiongnu 單于 (*darƣʷa) and Sogdian 𐽂𐽀𐼲𐼴𐼰𐼻 (trɣwʾn), of highly contested origin, see Chinese 單于 (chányú) and the Wikipedia page for more.",
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}

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