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Shamanism and religion in Tuvan

This collection of words relates to the practice of shamanism and other religious activities in Tuva. A Tuvan shaman in the Republic of Tuva, Russian Federation. Photograph by Lynn Johnson © 2012. All rights reserved, used by permission.

авырга-моос [+]

noun    huge many-headed serpent

Source: Simchit 2010, page 125, 136


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
агырар [+]

noun    shaman’s helper during shamanzing ritual

Source: Simchit 2010, page 23


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
ада дээр [+]

noun phrase    father sky (sky is father, earth is mother)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 84


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
ада-ызыгуур салгаан белдир-суг уктуг хам [+]

noun phrase    noble shaman of water origin

Source: Simchit 2010, page 36


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
Адаа ыдыы [+]

noun phrase    horse which belongs to the Sky, Universe (ritual animal)

Source: Dongak 2018, page 48,


Semantic domains:

  • buddhism
  • shamanism
ажай-буурул хам [+]

noun phrase    extended meaning of the first ancestor shaman

Source: Simchit 2010, page 33


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза [+]

noun    devil

Source: Simchit 2010, page 91


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза оран(ы) [+]

noun phrase    devil’s world, hell

Source: Simchit 2010, page 96


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза хам [+]

noun phrase    devil shaman (the synonym of "black shaman")

Source: Simchit 2010, page 29


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза хей [+]

noun phrase    devil’s area (domain)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 96


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза чер [+]

noun phrase    devil’s land

Source: Simchit 2010, page 96


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза чери [+]

noun phrase    hell (literally land of devils)


Semantic domains:

  • religion
аза-албыс [+]

noun    devils (in collective meaning)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 128


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза-бук [+]

noun    devils (in collective meaning)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 128


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза-хаан [+]

noun    allegorical name of Erlik, the lord of the under world (literally - The Devil Lord or The Devil Khan)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 107


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза-хоош [+]

noun    devils (in collective meaning used by the Tuvans from Todja region)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 128


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза-хортан [+]

noun    devils (in collective meaning)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 128


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза-чек [+]

noun    devils (in collective meaning)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 128


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза-четкен [+]

noun    disapproving name of a dog (literally - a dog bringning the devil)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 129


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза-четкер [+]

noun    devils (in collective meaning)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 128


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза-шулбус [+]

noun    devils (in collective meaning)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 128


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
аза-шулбус [+]

noun    devils (in collective meaning)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 128


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
азаланыр [+]

verb    become possessed by evil spirit

Source: Simchit 2010, page 130


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
азар дээр (азар курбус) [+]

noun phrase    azar sky (the name of one of the levels of the "upper world" where "azarlar" live

Source: Simchit 2010, page 84


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
азарлар [+]

noun    azarlar (celestials of the upper world)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 115


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
азарлар ~ азар курбустулар ~ хоорлар [+]

noun    celestial bodies


Semantic domains:

  • religion
ай-хайыракан [+]

noun phrase    divine moon (respectful name of the moon (literally - the moon-divine)

Source: Simchit 2010, page 108


Semantic domains:

  • shamanism
айыс [+]

noun    blessed energy (coming from the depictions of saints in buddhism and from reading prayers)


Semantic domains:

  • religion
  • shamanism
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First edition launched in 2006. All content copyright © K. David Harrison (2006-2020). Voice recordings by Kheimer-ool Kuular, species identifications by Neal Kelso. All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: 2020. Harrison, K. David and Gregory D.S Anderson with Alexander Ondar. Tuvan Talking Dictionary. http://tuvan.talkingdictionary.org

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