умрау

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic. Cognate to Tatar умрав (umraw), Kazakh омырау (omyrau), Karakalpak omıraw, Nogai омырав (omırav), Kyrgyz омуроо (omuroo), Southern Altai омуру (omuru), омруу (omruu), Karachay-Balkar омурау (omurau), Uzbek omrav, Khakas омырығ (omırığ), омрығ (omrığ), Chuvash ӑмӑр (ămăr), etc.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ум‧рау

Noun

умрау • (umraw)

1. chest, hall (of horse)

References

• Levitskaja, L. S., Blagova, G. F., Dybo, A. V., Nasilov, D. M., Pocelujevskij, Je. A. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume VII, Moscow: Vostočnaja literatura, page 453