𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴

Old Turkic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dïrŋa-k (“fingernail, claw”). Cognate with Karakhanid تِرْنْكاقْ (tïrŋaq, “fingernail”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (tïrŋaq, “fingernail”), Bashkir тырнаҡ (tırnaq, “fingernail”), Turkish tırnak (“fingernail”), Turkmen dyrnak (“fingernail”), Tuvan дыргак (dırgak, “fingernail”), Yakut тыҥырах (tıñıraq, “nail, claw”).

Noun

𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴 (tïrŋaq)

1. nail, fingernail

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tırŋaq”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 551
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “dɨrŋa-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill