Khakas edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yu- (to wash).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yumak, to wash), , Old Uyghur [script needed] (yu-, to wash), Karakhanid [script needed] (yūmāk), Azerbaijani yumaq, Bashkir йыуыу (yıwıw), Chuvash ҫума (śuma), Kazakh жуу (juu), Karachay-Balkar джууаргъа (cuuarğa), Kumyk жувмакъ (juwmaq), Southern Altai јунар (ǰunar), Turkish yumak, Kipchak [Arabic needed] (yuw-, yuy-, yū-, to wash), Kyrgyz жуу (juu), Tatar юу (yuu), Turkmen ýuwmak, Tuvan чуур (çuur), Uyghur يۇماق (yumaq), Uzbek yuvmoq, Yakut сууй (suuy), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tʃuːrʁɑ]
  • Hyphenation: чу‧ур‧ға

Noun edit

чуурға (çuurğa)

  1. wash