ӧркӧш
Southern Altai
editEtymology
editFrom *örkäč "camel's hump", probably derived from Proto-Turkic *ȫr- (“to rise”).
Cognate with Bashkir үркәс (ürkəs, “camel's hump”), Tatar өркәч (örkäç, “camel's hump”), Kazakh өркеш (örkeş, “camel's hump”), Kyrgyz өркөч (örköc, “camel's hump”), Kumyk оьркеч (örkeç, “camel's hump”), Uzbek oʻrkach (“camel's hump”), Uyghur ئوركەچ (orkech, “camel's hump”);
should be kept separate from *örküč, as attested in Turkmen örküç (“camel's hump”), Turkish hörgüç (“camel's hump”).
Noun
editӧркӧш • (örköš)
- hump (camel)
References
editČumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “ӧркӧш”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN