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dolgan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dol-gan
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Turkic people, who inhabit the Taymyria region in the Krasnoyarsk Krai (Красноя́рский край) in Russia.

name

The language of these people.

name

A surname.

Etymology

Cognate of Dolhan, Douhan, Dovgan, Dovhan, and Dowhan. Compare Kovtun / Koltun. See l-vocalization.

Inflected Forms

Dolgans (plural)

Questions

What does dolgan mean?
A Turkic people, who inhabit the Taymyria region in the Krasnoyarsk Krai (Красноя́рский край) in Russia.
Where does dolgan come from?
Cognate of Dolhan, Douhan, Dovgan, Dovhan, and Dowhan. Compare Kovtun / Koltun. See l-vocalization.

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