بسغ

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *busug (“ambush”), from *bus- (“to hide, to lay in ambush”). Cognate with Turkish pusu.

Noun

بُسُغْ (pusuɣ)

1. ambush

See also

• تُزَقْ (tuzaq)

References

• Mahmud al-Kashgari (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 Kurumu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 372.