Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *toprak (earth, soil). Cognate with Tatar туфрак (tufraq), Bashkir тупраҡ (tupraq), Kyrgyz топурак (topurak), Karachay-Balkar топракъ (topraq), Karaim топрах, Turkish toprak (earth, soil), Khakas тобырах (tobırax, soil), Shor тобрақ (soil), Yakut тобурах (toburaq, hail; dust).

Noun

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тобрак (tobrak)

  1. land, earth
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References

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N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “тобрак”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN