𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰔

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *boguŕ (“throat”), equivalent to 𐰉𐰆𐰍 (boɣ-, “to strangle”) +‎ 𐰔 (-uz). Cognate with Chuvash пыр (pyr), Khalaj boğız, Turkish boğaz, Uzbek boʼgʼiz, Bashkir боғаҙ (boğaź), Tuvan боостаа (boostaa).

Noun

𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰔 (boɣuz)

  1. (anatomy) throat
    • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS1
      𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰔𐰃:𐱃𐰸:𐰼𐱅𐰃
      bodun:boɣuzï:toq:erti
      The people's throats were full.

Derived terms
  • 𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰔𐰞𐰣 (boɣuzlan-, “to slaughter”)

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “boγuz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 318
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “boğuz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 322
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*boguŕ, *bokur-dak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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