𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰺𐰆𐰸

Old Turkic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kudruk (“tail”). Cognate with Karakhanid قُذْرُقْ‎ (quδruq, “tail”), Turkish kuyruk (“tail”), Yakut кутурук (kuturuk, “tail”).

Noun

𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰺𐰆𐰸 (qudruq)

  1. tail of an animal.

References
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kuḏruk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 604
  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*Kudruk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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