𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰔
Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *boguŕ (“throat”), equivalent to 𐰉𐰆𐰍 (boɣ-, “to strangle”) + 𐰔 (-uz). Cognate with Chuvash пыр (pyr), Khalaj boğız, Turkish boğaz, Uzbek boʼgʼiz, Bashkir боғаҙ (boğaź), Tuvan боостаа (boostaa).
Noun
[edit]𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰔 (boɣuz)
- (anatomy) throat
- 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS1
- 𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰔𐰃:𐱃𐰸:𐰼𐱅𐰃
- bodun:boɣuzï:toq:erti
- The people's throats were full.
- 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS1
Derived terms
[edit]- 𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰔𐰞𐰣 (boɣuzlan-, “to slaughter”)
References
[edit]- Tekin, Talât (1968) “boγuz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 318
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “boğuz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 322
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*boguŕ, *bokur-dak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill