اغری

Karakhanid

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ogrï (“thief”). Cognate with Chuvash вӑрӑ (vără), Khalaj hoğrı, Turkish uğru, Bashkir уғры (uğrı) and Yakut уор (uor).

Noun

اُغْرٖی (oğrï̄)

1. thief

   اُغْرٖى كُنْدٖى ― Oğrï̄ köndī. ― The thief admitted his theft.

Derived terms

• اُغْرٖىلاماقْ (oğrï̄lāmāq, “to steal”)

Descendants

• Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: ئوغرى (oghri)
  • Uzbek: oʼgʼri

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “oğrı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 90

Further reading

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 126