𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀

Old Turkic

FWOTD – 29 October 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kumursga (“ant”).

Noun

𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀 (qumursɣa)

ant
- 8th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen no 37
- ‏‏𐰌𐰃𐰼 𐰴𐰺𐰃 𐰈𐰛𐰈𐰕𐰈𐰏 𐰌𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰤 𐰌𐰃𐰲𐰀 𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀 𐰘𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾‎‎
  Bir qarï öküzüg bélin biče qumursɣa yémiš.
  An old ox is eaten by ant(s) ripping its waist.

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kumursğa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 628
Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*Kumɨr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online - Irk Bitig Omen No. 37

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