𐰉𐰆𐰸𐰀

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *buka (bull). Cognate with, Hungarian bika, Turkish boğa (bull), Uzbek buqa, Bashkir Буға (Buğa, Taurus). Compare also Mongolian бух (bux), Manchu ᠪᡠᡴᠠ (buka, ram), possibly Turkic borrowings.

Noun

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𐰉𐰆𐰸𐰀 (buqa)

  1. bull
    • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IW5-6
      𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰸𐰉𐰆𐰸𐰞𐰃:𐰾𐰢𐰔𐰉𐰆𐰸𐰞𐰃:𐰃𐰺𐰴𐰑𐰀:𐰋𐰇𐰭𐰾𐰼:𐰾𐰢𐰔𐰉𐰆𐰸𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰸:𐰉𐰆𐰸𐰀:𐱅𐰘𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰢𐰔𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐱅𐰘𐰤
      toruqbuqalï:semizbuqalï:ïraqda:büŋser:semizbuqa:toruq:buqa:téyin:bilmez:téyin
      I said to myself and I thought: If lean bulls and fat bulls kick one another at a distance, one cannot distinguish between lean bulls and fat bulls, they say.

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