English

Proper noun

Sazan

1. A small island off the coast of Albania

Translations

English

sazan

Noun

sazan ‎(plural sazans)

1. A fish (Cyprinus carpio) in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to Sea of Azov, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Balkhash lake, Amour river.

Translations

Crimean Tatar

Noun

sazan

1. A fresh-water fish belonging to the carp family.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sāŕV-gan ‎(“carp; snake, dragon”), possibly from Proto-Altaic *sā́ŕo(-gV) ‎(“a k. of big fish”).

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*sāŕV-gan”

Noun

sazan ‎(definite accusative sazanı, plural sazanlar)

1. carp (Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae)