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Шоңҡар

Etymology

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From *šuŋqar (falco), probably from a Mongolic source, compare Mongolian шонхор (šonxor, falco).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (šuŋqar, Falco gyrfalco);[1] Tatar шоңкар (şoñkar, falcon), Kazakh сұңқар (sūñqar, falcon), Kyrgyz шумкар (şumkar, Falco rusticolus), Uzbek shunqor (Falco rusticolus).

Further, the mentioned Mongolic archetype may have been borrowed from a Turkic source, compare Old Uyghur [script needed] (soŋqur, Falco gyrfalco).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʂʊ̞ŋˈqɑr]
  • Hyphenation: шоң‧ҡар

Noun

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шоңҡар (şoñqar)

  1. gyrfalcon

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 525
  2. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 508