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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *swĕ́nV
Meaning: mountain
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *s_wĕnV
Sino-Tibetan: *s(r)ān
Burushaski: *dan
sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-buru,

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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *s_wĕnV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: southern slope of a hill
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *s:VnV
Proto-Lak: sun
Proto-Dargwa: *s:ana
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular. The word is not attested in Lezghian languages, but cf. perhaps Arch. s:o- in s:oχur 'southern slope' (perhaps an old compound of the expected *s:ʷän- with some unclear second component?).
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *s:VnV
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a small slope covered with growth
Avar: s:an
Comments: Av. paradigm B ~ C (gen. s:anú-l). The word also means "boundary between mountain pastures".
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-comment,

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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: sun
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sunny side; sunny slope of a hill, mountain
Lak form: sun
Comments: Cf. Khosr. sun id.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,

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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *s:ana
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sunny side, southern slope
Chiragh: s:ana
Comments: Cf. also Kub., Sirg. s:ana id.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-chr,darget-comment,

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *s(r)ān
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: mountain
Chinese: 山 *srān
Comments: Cf. also Karen *šṼ, Konyak *šVŋ 'mountain'.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: shān
Preclassic Old Chinese: srān
Classic Old Chinese: srān
Western Han Chinese: ṣān
Eastern Han Chinese: ṣān
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣān
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣạ̄n
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣạ̄n
Middle Chinese: ṣạ̈n
English meaning : mountain
Russian meaning[s]: 1) гора; горный; уединенный; 2) горные угодья; продукты горной местности (масличные растения; дрова); 3) рама для выкормки шелковичных червей; 4) могила; 5) боковые стены дома; 6) обр. множество; громадный; 7) Шань (фамилия)
Comments: The MC reading is irregular (*ṣạn would be expected).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 46
Four-angle index: 975
Karlgren code: 0193 a-c
Vietnamese reading: so'n
Jianchuan Bai: sü2
Dali Bai: sü3
Bijiang Bai: šẽr4
Shijing occurrences: 14.2, 14.3, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 38.4, 47.1, 50.2
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 40
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 山開二平山生
ZIHUI: 1472 1727
Beijing: ṣan 11
Jinan: ṣã 11
Xi'an: sã 11
Taiyuan: sä̃ 1
Hankou: san 11
Chengdu: san 11
Yangzhou: sɛ̃ 11
Suzhou: se_ 11
Wenzhou: sa 11
Changsha: san 11
Shuangfeng: sã 11
Nanchang: san 11
Meixian: san 11
Guangzhou: šān 11
Xiamen: san 11 (lit.); suã 11
Chaozhou: suã 11
Fuzhou: saŋ 11
Shanghai: se_ 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: šan 1
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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *dan
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: stone
Yasin: dan
Hunza: dan
Nagar: dan
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,

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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : CVNV
Meaning : stone, mountain
Afroasiatic : Omot. *seni / *suni 'stone, rock'
Sino-Caucasian : *swĕ́nV
Notes : Here also Ainu *suma 'stone'?
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