𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰺𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bugra (“male camel”). Cognate with Turkish buğra (“male camel”).

Noun

𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰺𐰀 (buɣra)

  1. a camel stallion
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 20
      𐱅𐰃𐱅𐰃𐰼:𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰺𐰀:𐰢𐰤:𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰭:𐰚𐰇𐰯𐰇𐰚𐰇𐰢𐰃𐰤:𐰽𐰲𐰺:𐰢𐰤
      titir:buɣra:men:ürüŋ:köpükümin:sačar:men
      I am a camel stallion. I scatter my white froth.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “bugra”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “buğra:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 317
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bugu, -ra”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.