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Language	Citation Form	Standardized Form
Altay	шӱлӱзин	šülüzin
Azerbaijani	vaşaq	vašag
Bashkir	һеләүһен	heläẅhen
Chuvash	ҫӳлевӗҫ	śülevĕś
Crimean Tatar	vaşaq	vašaq
Cuman	silausun	silävsün
Dolgan	ryś, tibdä, üs	rïś, tibdä, üs
Dukhan	dïrbaktəɣ	tïrβaktəɣ
Karachay-Balkar	джаз киштик	ǰaz kištik
Karakalpak	қара қулақ, рысь	qara qulaq, rïś
Kazakh	сілеусін, ілбиін	silewsin, ilbiyin
Khakas	чохыр аң	čoxïr aŋ
Kumandy-Kizhi	ӱс	üs
Kumyk	силевсюн, селевчан	silevsün, selevčan
Kuu-Kizhi	шÿлÿзин, ÿÿс, ирбис	šülüzin, üüs, irbis
Kyrgyz	сүлөөсүн	sülöösün
Mishär Tatar	slaučan	slaučan
Mrass Shor	ӱс	üs
Nogay	рысь	rïś
Ös	ӱс	üs
Sakha	бэдэр, үүс	beder, üüs
Siberian Tatar	селәүсен	seläẅsen
Soyot	үс	üs
Tatar	селәүсен	seläüsen
Telengit	шӱлӱзӱн	šülüzün
Teleut	шӱлӱзин	šülüzin
Tòfa	үс, шубар-аӈ	üs, šubar-aŋ
Tuba-Kizhi	шÿлÿзин, чÿлÿзин, ÿÿс	šülüzin, čülüzin, üüs
Tuha	aldï	aldï
Turkish	vaşak	vašak
Turkmen	gum pişigi	gum pišigi
Tuvan	дырбактыг, үс, алды	dïrbaktïg, üs, aldï
Urum (Azovian)	җелев	ǰelev
Uyghur	سۈلەيسۈن	süläysün
Uzbek	silovsin	silåvsin
Xyzyl	шохран	šoxran

lynx

рысь Luchs lynx

PT form *ǖs? Most Turkic languages have a form that is either borrowed from Mongolian or is a eastern Eurasian Wanderwort. C.f. Mongolian шилүүс/ᠰᠢᠯᠦᠭᠦᠰᠦ, Manchu ᠰᡳᠯᡠᠨ (silun), Korean 스라소니 (seurasoni), Chinese 猞猁猻 (Mandarin shēlìsūn, shèlìsūn). A number of words for worm appear to be related as well, possibly due to a process of taboo avoidance.

A few Sayan languages use aldï "sable", which appears to be the result of euphemism or taboo avoidance (Ragagnin 2009: 230-231).

Kazakh and Kuu-Kiži have secondary forms (irbis, ilbiyin) that may be related to Finnic *ilbes and Saamic *ëlpës. This Kazakh form refers to female lynx.

Western Oghuz has forms from Persian وشق.

Starostin reconstructs *ǖĺ, which gives both ǖs and Turkish dial. üşek (and possibly vaşak), and suggests that the irregular form is due to borrowing amongst the Siberian languages due to taboo avoidance. Under this analysis, Persian وشق is a borrowing from Turkish that was reborrowed in its standard form.

"Lynx Image" by Magnus Johansson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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