хоруй

Yakut

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Tuvan харыы (xarıı), Karaim karuv, itself cognate with Mongolian хариу (xariu).

Noun

хоруй • (qoruy)

1. (communication) reply, response

Synonyms

• (reply) эппиэт (eppiet), харда (qarda)

Antonyms

• ыйытыы (ıyıtıı, “question”)

Derived terms

• хоруй тыл (qoruy tıl, “response, feedback”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Proto-Turkic *kïr (“to scrape, to shave”), itself listed as the source of кырый (kırıy, “to cut, to clip, to shear”).

Verb

хоруй • (qoruy)

1. (transitive) to scrape, to shave

   See synonyms at кырый (kırıy).