чегертки

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *čekürtke (“grasshopper, locust”). Cognate with Kazakh шегіртке (şegırtke), Kyrgyz чегиртке (cegirtke), Crimean Tatar sekirge, Bashkir сиңерткә (siñertkə), Tatar чикерткә (çikertkä), Azerbaijani çəyirtkə, Turkish çekirge, Tuvan шерги (şergi), etc.

Noun

чегертки • (čegertki)

1. locust

Synonyms

• чегерткиш (čegertkiš)

References

V. verbickij, editor (1884), “чегертки”, in Slovarʹ Altajskago i Aladagskago narečij tjurkskago jazyka [Altaian and Aladagian language Dictionary], Kazan', →ISBN