Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bögür (kidney(s)), *bögrek (kidney(s)). Compare to Kyrgyz бөйрөк (böyrök), Kazakh бүйрек (büirek), Azerbaijani böyrək, Turkish böbrek, Turkmen böwrek, Uzbek buyrak, Uyghur بۆرەك (börek), Khakas пӱӱрек (püürek), Tuvan бүүрек (büürek), Also, See Bashkir бөйөр (böyör), Tatar бөер (böer), Western Yugur peɣïr, Yakut бүөр (büör), etc.

Noun

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бӧӧрӧк (böörök)

  1. kidney

References

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Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “бӧӧрӧк”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN