Tuvan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *čekürtke (grasshopper).

Cognate with Tatar чикерткә (çikertkä), Kazakh шегіртке (şegırtke), Uzbek chigirtka, Uyghur چېكەتكە (chëketke), Azerbaijani çəyirtkə, Turkish çekirge (grasshopper), etc.

Noun edit

шерги (şergi) (definite accusative шергини, plural шергилер)

  1. grasshopper

Synonyms edit

References edit

шерги