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𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰃

kurı

Meaning:
west

Like *ber and *yır, qurı is known only in derived forms: the directive qurığaru “westwards” and qurıya “in the west”, which Clauson tentatively analyzes as a locative in -ya.

Examples

Translations

German:
Westen
Russian:
запад
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
qərb
Turkish (Türkiye):
batı

Bibliography 3

  • Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü
    p. 425a, entry kurı
  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish
    p. 645a, entry VU 1 *kurı:
  • M Räsänen, I Kecskeméti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen
    p. 303a, entry atü. kury