сууры

Southern Altai

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *sogur (“marmot”).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (soğur, “marmot”), Kazakh суыр (suyr), Tatar суыр (suwır, “marmot”), Bashkir һыуыр (hıwır, “marmot”), Kyrgyz суур (suur, “marmot”), Uzbek sugʻur (“marmot”), Uyghur سۇغۇر (sughur, “marmot”), etc.

Noun

сууры • (suurï)

1. marmot

Synonyms

• тарбаган (tarbagan).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *sagrï.

Noun

сууры • (suurï)

1. tailhead

References

• L. T. Rjumina-Syrkaševa, editor (1995), “сууры”, in Teleutsko-russkij slovarʹ [Teleut–Russian Dictionary], Kemerovo: N. A. Kučigaševa, →ISBN
• Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume VI, Moscow: Indrik, pages 409, 410