Karachay-Balkar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *öküŕ (ox).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰈𐰛𐰈𐰕 (öküz, ox), Chuvash вӑкӑр (văk̬ăr, bull); Hungarian ökör (ox) is a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

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ёгюз (ögüz)

  1. (zoology) ox
  2. (slang) a coarse person