Chuvash edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kadïŕ (bark).[1][2]

Cognate with Bashkir ҡайры (qayrı) and Yakut хатырых (qatırıq).

Noun edit

хуйӑр (hujăr) (plural хуйӑрсем) 

  1. bark (of a tree)
    Synonym: хупӑ (hup̬ă)
  2. rust
  3. scab

References edit

  1. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “хуйӑр”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 352
  2. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “хуйӑр”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 302

Further reading edit

  • хуйӑр”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.