𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰍𐰽𐰴

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kur(u)gsak (stomach). Cognate with Karakhanid قُرُغْساقْ (quruɣsaq, stomach), Turkish kursak, Yakut куртах (kurtaq).

Noun

𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰍𐰽𐰴 (quruɣsaq)

  1. (anatomy) stomach
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 8
      𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰍𐰽𐰴𐰢𐰃𐰤:𐰴𐰃𐰞𐰲𐰃𐰣:𐰚𐰾𐰃𐰯𐰤:𐰇𐰔𐰇𐰢:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐰃𐰤𐱅𐰃𐰤:𐰉𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰣:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐰋𐰃𐰤𐱅𐰤:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      altun:quruɣsaqïmïn:qïlïčïn:kesipen:özüm:yul:intin:bašïmïn:yul:ebintin:tér
      Cutting my golden stomach with a sword, pluck my self out of its lair and pluck my head out of its house, it says.

See also

  • 𐰴𐰺𐰣 (qarïn, belly)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “kurugs(a)k”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kuruğsa:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 657
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kurg-sak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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