баккан

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bakan. Doublet of баган (bagan).

Noun

баккан • (bakkan)

  1. post, pole, pillar, column
  2. a column for the tied up horse

References

  • Sevortjan, E. V. (1978), “БАҚАН, БАҒАНА”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Nauka, page 42
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969), Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 58