بسغ

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *busug (“ambush”), from *bus- (“to hide, to lay in ambush”). Cognate with Turkish pusu.

Noun

بُسُغْ (pusuɣ)

1. ambush

See also

• Karakhanid: تُزَقْ (tuzaq)

References

• 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 372