𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰺𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bugra (“male camel”). Cognate with Turkish buğra (“male camel”).

Noun

𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰺𐰀 (buɣra)

1. a camel stallion
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 20

     𐱅𐰃𐱅𐰃𐰼:𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰺𐰀:𐰢𐰤:𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰭:𐰚𐰇𐰯𐰇𐰚𐰇𐰢𐰃𐰤:𐰽𐰲𐰺:𐰢𐰤

     titir:buɣra:men:ürüŋ:köpükümin:sačar:men

     I am a camel stallion. I scatter my white froth.

Related terms

• 𐱅𐰋𐰀 (tebe)
• 𐰃𐰤𐰏𐰤 (ingen)
• 𐰉𐰆𐱃𐰆 (botu)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “bugra”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “buğra:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 317
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bugu, -ra”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill