Karakhanid edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Common Turkic *bïŋar (spring).[1] Cognate with Turkish pınar.

Noun edit

مِنكارْ or مِنكَرْ (mïŋār or mïŋar)

  1. (Oghuz) spring
    مِنكَرْ جُقْرادىِMïŋar čoqrādï̄.The spring bubbled up.

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “mıŋa:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Further reading edit