Southern Altai edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

кӧмӱр (kömür)

  1. coal

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Turkic *köpürüg.

Noun edit

кӧмӱр (kömür)

  1. bridge

Related terms edit

References edit

  • 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