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)

  1. young child, child under three years old
  2. youngest child (among the children)

Derived terms

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