---
language:
- cv
license: cc-by-sa-4.0
tags:
- chuvash
- names
pretty_name: Chuvash Pre-Christian Names
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
annotations_creators:
- expert-generated
language_creators:
- found
source_datasets:
- original
task_categories:
- other
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path:
    - "data/chuvash_names.jsonl"
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: id
    dtype: string
  - name: name
    dtype: string
  - name: is_reconstructed
    dtype: bool
  - name: transcription
    dtype: string
  - name: transcription_latn
    dtype: string
  - name: gender
    dtype: string
  - name: variants
    dtype: string
  - name: etymology
    sequence: string
  - name: source
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_examples: 12753
  download_size: 4251417
  dataset_size: 4251417
---

# Chuvash Pre-Christian Names

## Description

This dataset contains over 12,000 given names used by the Chuvash people in the pre-Christian period (i.e., before the 19th century). It's based on **["Dictionary of Chuvash Anthroponyms of the Pre-Christian Era"](https://richfizh.chuvsu.ru/images/dokuments/Dictionary_%20Anthroponyms.pdf)** (A.M. Ivanova, E.V. Fomin, 2020).

## Usage

The dataset can be loaded using the Hugging Face `datasets` library.

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("rustemgareev/chuvash-names", split='train')

# Print the first example
print(dataset[0])
```
**Example Output:**
```json
{
  "id": "avakkay",
  "name": "Аваккай",
  "is_reconstructed": false,
  "transcription": "авак:аj",
  "transcription_latn": "avakkay",
  "gender": "m",
  "variants": null,
  "etymology": ["араб. ‫أب اك ا‬ (Абака) ‘брат отца, друг’ + -ай"],
  "source": "Ашмарин т. 1, с. 38"
}
```

## Data Structure

Each record is a JSON object with the following fields:

*   `id` (string): A unique identifier in Latin script.
*   `name` (string): The name in Cyrillic script.
*   `is_reconstructed` (boolean): `true` if the name form is a linguistic reconstruction, `false` otherwise.
*   `transcription` (string): Phonetic transcription in Cyrillic script.
*   `transcription_latn` (string): Phonetic transcription in Latin script.
*   `gender` (string): The gender associated with the name (`m` for male, `f` for female, `u` for unisex). Can be `null`.
*   `variants` (string): Spelling variants of the name. Can be `null`.
*   `etymology` (list of strings): A list containing one or more versions of the name's origin.
*   `source` (string): A reference to the original source of information.

## License

The dataset is distributed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) license.