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 (tïrnaq, fingernail), Turkish tırnak (fingernail), Turkmen dyrnak (fingernail), Tuvan дыргак (dırgak, fingernail), Yakut тыҥырах (tıŋırax, 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
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