𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀

Old Turkic

FWOTD – 29 October 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kumursga (“ant”).

Noun

𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀 (qumursɣa)

1. ant
   • 8th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen no 37
   • ‏𐰌𐰃𐰼 𐰴𐰺𐰃 𐰈𐰛𐰈𐰕𐰈𐰏 𐰌𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰤 𐰌𐰃𐰲𐰀 𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀 𐰘𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾‎

     Bir qarï öküzüg bélin biče qumursɣa yémiš.

     An old ox is eaten by ant(s) ripping its waist.

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kumursğa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 628
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kumɨr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online - Irk Bitig Omen No. 37