Chuvash

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *yẹr (earth, ground, land).

Noun

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ҫӗр (śĕr) (plural ҫӗрсем) 

  1. earth
  2. soil
  3. ground
  4. Earth (planet)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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ҫӗр (śĕr) (plural ҫӗрсем) 

  1. night
Chuvash numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: ҫӗр (śĕr)
    Ordinal: ҫӗрмӗш (śĕrmĕš)
    Distributive: ҫӗршер (śĕrš̬er)

Etymology 3

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Inherited from Bulgar جُور (cǖr, hundred),[1] from Proto-Turkic *yǖŕ (hundred).[2][3]

Cognate with Khalaj yü̂z, Turkish yüz, Uzbek yuz, Bashkir йөҙ (yöź) and Yakut сүүс (süüs).

Numeral

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ҫӗр (śĕr)

  1. hundred

Etymology 4

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From Proto-Turkic *čǖri- (to rot).

Verb

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ҫӗр (śĕr)

  1. to rot, to decay

References

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  1. ^ Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 163
  2. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “ҫӗр”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, pages 110-111
  3. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “ҫӗр”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 211

Further reading

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  • ҫӗр”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
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