тобурчак

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tomurčuk. Cognate to Southern Altai тоорчык (toorčïk), Bashkir тубырсыҡ (tubırsıq), Tatar тубырчык (tubırçıq), Kazakh тобыршақ (tobyrşaq) etc.

Noun

тобурчак • (toburcak) (Arabic spelling توبۇرچاق)

  1. cone
  2. combat horse

References

  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Tobur-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Tenišev E. R., editor (2001), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: Leksika [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages: Lexis] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, page 115