куорсун

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *gaxursun (“stubble, chaff, shaft of a feather”), see Mongolian гуурс (guurs, “tube, quill”). Cognate with Bashkir ҡауырһын (qawırhın, “feather”), Kazakh қауырсын (qauyrsyn, “feather”), and Kyrgyz куурсун (kuursun, “stem of feather”).

Noun

куорсун • (kuorsun)

  1. (zootomy) feather
    Synonym: түү (tüü)
    Hyponym: нуолур (nuolur, “down feather”)
    көтөр куорсуна ― kötör kuorsuna ― a bird's feather
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