Karakhanid

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Etymology

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Unknown,[1] isolated in Karakhanid unless Khakas сыр (sır, arrow)[2] is a cognate,[3] in which case it might be inherited from Common Turkic.

Noun

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جِرْغوُىْ (čïrğūy)

  1. (archery) the midrib of an arrowhead
  2. (clothing) the loop through which the belt passes on either side of a robe

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çırğu:y”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 428
  2. ^ N. A. Baskakov, A. I. Inkižekova-grekul, editor (1953), “сыр”, in Xakassko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Khakas-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Ministerstvo Kulʹtury SSSR, →ISBN, page 208
  3. ^ Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 123

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