корыыр

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kōrï-. Cognate with Kumyk къорумакъ (qorumaq, to protect, guard), Kyrgyz коруу (koruu, to guard), Azerbaijani qorumaq (to protect), Gagauz koorumaa, Turkmen gōramak, Old Turkic 𐰸𐰆𐰺 (korï-, to protect), Uzbek qoʻrimoq (to protect), etc.

Verb

корыыр • (korïïr)

  1. to protect, guard

References

  • Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “корыыр”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN