Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tïgra-
Proto-Turkic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *tïgïŕ (“tough”) + *-a.
Verb
edit*tïgra-
- (intransitive) to become firm, tough
Descendants
edit- Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (tïğrāmāk)
References
edit- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 471, 472