تمرغان

Karakhanid

Etymology

From تَمُرْـ (tamur-) +‎ ـغانْ (-ğān).

Adjective

تَمُرْغانْ (tamurğān)

1. continuously bleeding, specifically of nose

   بُو اُغُلْ اُلْ بُرْنٖى تَمُرْغانْ ― Bū oğul ol burnï̄ tamurğān. ― This boy's nose is constantly bleeding.

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tomur-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 508

Further reading

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 518
• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Ercilasun, Ahmet B., Akkoyunlu Ziyat, transl., Kâşgarlı Mahmud Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Giriş - Metin - Çeviri - Notlar - Dizin [Mahmud al-Kashgari's “Compendium of the languages of the Turks” Introduction - Texts - Translation - Notes - Index] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1120) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 2020, →ISBN, page 226