чуурга

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Tuvan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Proto-Turkic *yumurtka (egg). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (yumurtqa, egg); Khakas нымырха (nımırxa), Shor нымыртқа, Tofa нюмурһа, Yakut сымыыт (sımııt), Bashkir йомортҡа (yomortqa), Kazakh жұмыртқа (jūmyrtqa), Kyrgyz жумуртка (jumurtka), Southern Altai јымыртка (ǰïmïrtka), Azerbaijani, Turkish yumurta , Turkmen ýumurtga etc.

Noun[edit]

чуурга (çuurga) (definite accusative чуурганы, plural чуургалар)

  1. (zoology) egg
  2. testicle