Etymology
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From Mongolic. Compare to Tuvan хүрээ (xüree, “monastery”), Chagatai [script needed] (küren, “heap”), Kumyk гюрен (güren, “small fence”), Uyghur küryen (“place”), etc.
күрүө • (kürüö)
- fence, stockade, stock rack
- (for livestock, by synecdoche) corral, pen
- See synonyms at хааччах (qaaccaq).
- сүөһүнү күрүөҕэ хаай ― süöhünü kürüöğe qaay ― drive the cattle into the corral