تبرغان
Karakhanid
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]تُبُرْغانْ (topurğān)
- soft ground, gumbo
- سُبُرْغانْدا آوْ بُاْلمسْ تُبُرْغانْدا آوْ بُاْلمسْ ― Suburğāndā ew bōlmas, topurğāndā āw bōlmas. ― There are homes in the grave, and there is no wild game on bare ground
References
[edit]- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “toprağa:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 445
Further reading
[edit]- 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 III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 516
- al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Ercilasun, Ahmet B., Akkoyunlu Ziyat, transl., Kâşgarlı Mahmud Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Giriş - Metin - Çeviri - Notlar - Dizin [Mahmud al-Kashgari's “Compendium of the languages of the Turks” Introduction - Texts - Translation - Notes - Index] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1120) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 2020, →ISBN, page 225