кӱрек

Southern Altai

Etymology

From *kürek (“shovel, spade”), from Proto-Turkic *küre- (“to shovel, rake up”).

Cognate with Kazakh күрек (kürek), Bashkir көрәк (körək), Kyrgyz күрөк (kürök), Karachay-Balkar кюрек (kürek), Kumyk кюрек (kürek), Uzbek kurak, Karaim кӱрэк, Turkish kürek, Crimean Tatar kürek, Azerbaijani kürək (“shovel; spade”), Shor кӱрек.

Noun

кӱрек • (kürek)

1. spade, shovel

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кӱрек”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN