Yılan

"Dragon"

Etymology

Pronunciation

*jɨlɑːn

Transcriptions

Long (蘢/龍) LH *lioŋ

Part of Speech

Noun

Sources

Shiji (太史公書)(史記)

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Notes

Dybo (2014) has Long (瀧), which she reconstructs as *roŋ "headquarters," derived from Turkic *orun s.m. This, however, goes against the character's semantic meaning, "dragon," and the archeological findings. The Xuŋa were dragon worshipers and findings from the city's remains show a large number dragon-themed objects.