𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀

Old Turkic
FWOTD – 29 October 2017

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kumursga (“ant”). Cognate with Khalaj qumurğâç, Salar gumısgan, Uzbek qumursqa, Bashkir ҡырмыҫҡа (qırmıśqa), Yakut кымырдаҕас (kımırdağas).

Noun

𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀 (qumursɣa)

  1. ant
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 37
      𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐰴𐰺𐰃:𐰇𐰚𐰇𐰔𐰇𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰲𐰀:𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾
      bir:qarï:öküzüg:bélin:biče:qumursɣa:yémiš
      An old ox was eaten by ants, gnawing around its waist.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “kumursga”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kumursğa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 628
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kumɨr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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