bicin

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄čin. Cognate with Turkmen bījin (monkey), Southern Altai мечин (mečin), Western Yugur [script needed] (pičin).

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /piʝin/

Noun

bicin (3rd person possessive bicini, plural bicinler)

  1. monkey

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “piʝin”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 447
  • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “bidʒin”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 121
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “biijin”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 42
  • 马伟 [Ma Wei]; 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014), “bijin”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎[2], 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 106
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei) (2016), “bijin”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 青海师范大学 (Qinghai Normal University), Unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), pages 88, 294