Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ös- (to grow). Cognate with Kazakh өсу (ösu), Kyrgyz өсүү (ösüü), Crimean Tatar ösmek, Kumyk оьсмек (ösmek), dialectal Turkish ösmek, Khakas ӧзерге, Shor ӧзерге, etc.

Verb

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ӧзӧр (özör)

  1. to grow