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çan.

bell (metallic resonating object)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/tʃan/
  1. bell (metallic resonating object)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چاك (çañ, “bell”), from Proto-Turkic *čaŋ (“bell”), a word of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Khakas саң (sañ), Old Uyghur [script needed] (čaŋ), Tatar чаң (çañ), Turkmen jaň and Uyghur جاڭ (jang).

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