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Gender Feminine
Usage Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkic Mythology
Meaning & History
The name of a princess of Trebizond who marries the hero Kan Turali in the 14th-century Turkic epic the Book of Dede Korkut. It is sometimes spelled Selcen in Turkish and Saljan in English translations. The Turkic origin is uncertain, but it is often associated with the name elements sel "flood, stream, torrent" and can "soul, life", derived from Arabic سيل (sayl) and Persian جان (jān) respectively.