𐱃𐰆𐰭𐰆𐰕

Old Turkic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *doŋuŕ (“pig”). Compare Turkish domuz (“pig”), Turkmen doňuz (“pig”), Bashkir дуңғыҙ (duñğıź, “pig”).

Noun

𐱃𐰆𐰭𐰆𐰕 (toŋuz)

1. pig, boar

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “toŋuz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 527