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Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *gaxursun (stubble, chaff, shaft of a feather), see Mongolian гуурс (guurs, tube, quill). Cognate with Bashkir ҡауырһын (qawırhın, feather), Kazakh қауырсын (qauyrsyn, feather), and Kyrgyz куурсун (kuursun, stem of feather).

Noun

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куорсун (kuorsun)

  1. (zootomy) feather
    Synonym: түү (tüü)
    Hyponym: нуолур (nuolur, down feather)
    көтөр куорсунаkötör kuorsunaa bird's feather