куртыйак

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kurtga. Cognate to Old Uyghur 𐽲𐽳𐽾𐾀𐽲𐽰 (qurtɣa), Tofa ӄорһыняӄ (qorhïńaq), Shor қуртуй (qurtuy), Khakas хуртуях (xurtuyax), etc.

Noun

куртыйак • (kurtïyak)

  1. old woman

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • куртыйач (kurtïyač), куртыйаш (kurtïyaš) (Chelkan)

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, editor (1985), “куртыйак”, in Severnyje Dialekty Altajskovo( Ojrotskovo) Jazyka- Dialekt Lebedinskix Tatar-čalkancev(kuu-kiži) [Northern Altai language-Dialect of Chelkan], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoj literatury, →ISBN, page 170
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