I should point out that in one of the Turkic languages (Yakut?) ang=animal.
It would seem that it refers to things that have consciousness.  The common word in Turkish for
animal is hayvan (said to be Iranian) in which I see the -an at the end e.g. hayv-an. What could
the first part mean in Iranian?

H.M. Hubey wrote:

I wrote the meaning for angI without consulting the dictionary. Here it
is from the dictionary:

ang 1) consciousness; is,çi halqn? ösedi bilimi, ~ ? the knowledge
grows, the consciousness of the working-people gets stronger; 2)
reason., mind., reason, ~ ? bolg^an quick-witted, sharp, judicious,
reasonable; cac?rd?, car?d? ~ ?m da, esim da were updated, have
brightened up my reason and memory; aq?l? barn? ~ ? bar at whom is
mind(wit), that has also reason

Chuvash ta(n consciousness [Krueger61:234]; Chuvash a(n reason,
understanding, memory [Krueger61:216]; .

angI karach. 1) consciousness; is,çileni ~ lar?n ösdürürge to
raise(increase) consciousness of the workers; millet ~ national
self-consciousness 2) outlook; 3) understanding, reason, mind; ~ s?
bolg^an reasonable, judicious; ~ s? cetmeydi he/she does not understand
4) point of view; meni ~ ma köre from my point of view

angIlam intelligence; concept; ~ -? bolmag^an confused

angIla 1) to understand, to realize, comprehend, to learn; to think;
a???laym?sa? understand?; a???layma I understand; tolu ~ to understand
the essence; ~ bolluq or ~ qoldan kellik conceivable; mag^anas?n ~ to
catch the meaning/sense; innetin ~ to understand his/her intention; ters
~ to understand the reverse; 2) to feel, to sense; iyis a???lamayma I do
not sense a smell; tatiwun ~ sense the taste, i.e. taste it

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