masim
Salar
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim). Cognate to Turkish mevsim (“season”).
Pronunciation
- (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /mɑ(ː)sim/
Noun
masim (3rd person possessive masimi, plural masimler)
- young child, child under three years old
- youngest child (among the children)
Derived terms
- masim burmaq (“ring finger”)
References
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “masim”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 408
- 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “masim”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 34
- Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “masim”, 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 178