𐰴𐰆𐰽

Old Turkic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (“bird”). Compare Turkish kuş (“bird”).

Noun

𐰴𐰆𐰽 (quš)

1. bird

Related terms

• 𐰴𐰆𐰽𐰞𐰀 (qušla-)
• 𐰴𐰆𐰽𐰀𐰍 (qušluɣ)
• 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰪𐰀 𐰴𐰆𐰽 (turńa quš)
• 𐰴𐰺𐰀 𐰴𐰆𐰽 (qara quš)
• 𐰴𐰆𐰍𐰆 𐰴𐰆𐰽 (quɣu quš)
• 𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰣 𐰴𐰆𐰽 (toɣan quš)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kuş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 670
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kuĺ”, 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. 3