Mongolian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mongolic *tuturgan, from Proto-Turkic *tuturkān.

Compare Mongghul tudorgha (raw rice), Kipchak طوطرغان (tutarğan, tuturğan, rice), Chagatai توتورغان (tuturğan, rice), Volga-Bulğar تتورغان (tuturğan, taturğan, rice).

Noun edit

тутарга (tutarga) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠤᠲᠤᠷᠭ᠎ᠠ (tuturg-a))

  1. rice

References edit

  • Stachowski, Kamil (2008) Names of Cereals in the Turkic Languages (Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia; 11)‎[1], Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 67