хуруғ

Khakas

Etymology

From Old Turkic [script needed] (quruɣ), from Proto-Turkic *Kūrug (“dry”). Cognate with Bashkir ҡоро (qoro), Turkish kuru, dialectal Southern Altai куру (kuru).

Compare Bashkir ҡоролоҡ (qoroloq), Tatar корылык (qorılıq).

Compare also Kazakh құрғақшылық (qūrğaqşylyq),Turkmen guraklyk, Azerbaijani quraqlıq, Turkish kuraklık (“drought”), etc which are all derived from *kurɣak + *-lïk.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ху‧руғ

Noun

хуруғ • (xuruğ)

1. drought