𐰲𐰆𐰺𐰴

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from an unattested Middle Persian swlk' (šōrak, “salt lake”). Cognate with Turkish çorak.

Noun

𐰲𐰆𐰺𐰴 (čoraq)

1. dry land
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, SE

     𐰲𐰆𐰺𐰴𐰴𐰀:𐱅𐰏𐰯

     čoraq:tegip

     Having arrived at an arid land...

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “čoraq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 323