Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *karlïgač (swallow).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (qarlïğač, swallow); Kazakh қарлығаш (qarlyğaş, swallow), Kyrgyz кардыгач (kardıgac, swift (bird)), Shor қарлығаш (swallow), Crimean Tatar qarılğaç, Uzbek qaldirg'och, Uyghur قالغاچ (qalghach), Turkish kırlangıç (swallow).

Noun

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карлагаш (karlagaš)

  1. swallow

References

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N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “карлагаш”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN