ӱлгер

Southern Altai

Etymology

From *ülkär "Pleiades", possibly from Proto-Turkic *ül- (“to divide”).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (Ülkär, “Pleiades”); Kazakh Үркер (Ürker), Kyrgyz Үркөр (Ürkör), Kumyk Уьлкер (Ülker), Uzbek Hulkar, Azerbaijani Ülkər, Turkish Ülker, Khakas Ӱлгер (Ülger), Yakut Үргэл (Ürgel, “Pleiades”).

Proper noun

ӱлгер • (ülger)

1. Pleiades

References

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