Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ebürdek (duck).

Cognate with Kyrgyz өрдөк (ördök), Karaim örd'ak, Kumyk оьрдек (ördek), Khakas ӧртек, Uzbek oʻrdak, Uyghur ئۆردەك (ördek), Crimean Tatar, Turkish, Gagauz ördek, Azerbaijani ördək, etc.

Noun

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ӧртӧк (örtök)

  1. duck

References

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N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ӧртӧк”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN