Chagatai

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čok- (to dig, delve).[1] Cognate with Ottoman Turkish چوقور,[2] and Turkish çukur.

Adjective

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چوقور (çuqur)

  1. deep

Descendants

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  • Uzbek:
  • Uyghur: چوڭقۇر (chongqur)
  • Persian:

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*čok-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چوقور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 737

Persian

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Adjective

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چوقور

  1. Misspelling of چقر (deep).