Southern Altai

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *kömür. Cognate with Kazakh көмір (kömır), Kyrgyz көмүр (kömür), Crimean Tatar kömür, Kumyk кёмюр (kömür), Azerbaijani kömür, Turkish kömür, Turkmen kömür, Uzbek koʻmir, Khakas кӧмір, Shor кӧбӱр, Tuvan хөмүр (xömür), Western Yugur kʰemïr, etc.

Noun

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кӧмӱр (kömür)

  1. coal

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Turkic *köpürüg.

Noun

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кӧмӱр (kömür)

  1. bridge
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References

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  • page:212”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura