تبرغان

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Etymology

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Usually transcribed as topurğān etymologized to be from a now defunct verb *topurmāq, however such a verb is unattested, due to this Clauson suggests that this is a misspelling of toprağān and suggests the root تُبْراماقْ (toprāmāq, to dry, wither) whence تُبْراقْ (toprāq, soil).[1]

Noun

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تُبُرْغانْ (topurğān)

  1. soft ground, gumbo
    سُبُرْغانْدا آوْ بُاْلمسْ تُبُرْغانْدا آوْ بُاْلمسْSuburğāndā ew bōlmas, topurğāndā āw bōlmas.There are homes in the grave, and there is no wild game on bare ground

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “toprağa:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 445

Further reading

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