𐰲𐰆𐰺𐰴
Old Turkic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from an unattested Middle Persian swlk' (šōrak, “salt lake”). Cognate with Turkish çorak.
Noun
edit𐰲𐰆𐰺𐰴 (čoraq)
- dry land
- 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, SE
- 𐰲𐰆𐰺𐰴𐰴𐰀:𐱅𐰏𐰯
- čoraq:tegip
- Having arrived at an arid land...
- 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, SE
References
edit- Tekin, Talât (1968) “čoraq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 323