тутарга

Mongolian

Etymology

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

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

1. rice

References

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