𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰍𐰽𐰴

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Orkhon script variant of 𐽲𐽳𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽻𐽰𐽲 (qwqwrsʾq /⁠ḳuġursaḳ⁠/) with a metathesis of -ġur- > -ruġ- before the antecedent stress. The metathesis may also have been influenced by 𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽲 (qwrwq /⁠ḳuruġ⁠/, “dry, empty”) via association.

Noun

𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰍𐰽𐰴 (qur¹uǧs¹q /ḳuruġsaḳ/)

  1. (anatomy, rare) stomach, belly
    Synonyms: 𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽾 (pʾqr /⁠baġïr⁠/), 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (qʾryn /⁠ḳarïn⁠/), 𑀓𑀼‌𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁂 (ku‌kṣe /⁠kukṣé⁠/)

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kuruğsa:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 657
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “kurugs(a)k (r)”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 427
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