шоҥкор

Southern Altai

Etymology

From *šuŋqar (“falco”), probably from a Mongolic source, compare Mongolian шонхор (šonxor, “falco”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (šuŋqar, “Falco gyrfalco”); Tatar шоңкар (şoñkar, “falcon”), Kazakh сұңқар (sūñqar, “falcon”), Kyrgyz шумкар (şumkar, “Falco rusticolus”), Uzbek shunqor (“Falco rusticolus”).

Noun

шоҥкор • (šoŋkor)

1. falcon

References

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