Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/burun

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This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

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Etymology

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Probably a deverbal, if so, from *bur- (to smell). For possible cognates, see Turkish burcu (aroma, scent), Turkish buram buram (in whirls, billowing (of smell, smoke)), Karakhanid [script needed] (burïɣ, something that smells), Kyrgyz [script needed] (bura-, to reek strongly), Uyghur پۇراق (puraq, smell), Khakas [script needed] (puru-, to emit a stench, to burn (of food)) et cetera (Dybo, 2013).

Noun

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*burun

  1. nose
    Synonyms: *tumšuk, *kaŋïr, *tāna

Descendants

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  • Arghu:
    • Khalaj: burun
  • Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:

References

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  • Dybo, Anna Vladimirovna (2013). Этимологический словарь базисной лексики тюркских языков (in Russian). TOO - Prosper Print. pp. 409-14.
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “burun”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 366-367