كربی

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kirpi (“hedgehog”).

Adjective

كِرْبیٖ (kirpi)

1. hedgehog

Derived terms

• اُقْلُغْ كِرْبیٖ (okluɣ kirpi)

Descendants

• Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: كىرپە (kirpe)
  • Uzbek: kirpi

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 415