ордо

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *or- (army, place of staying of the army, ruler etc.), *ordu.

Noun

ордо • (ordo)

  1. camp, army, strength

References

  • Tenišev E. R., editor (2001), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: Leksika [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages: Lexis] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, pages 563, 569