Old Uyghur

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kurtga (old woman).[1]

Noun

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qwrtxʾ or qwrtʾ (qurtɣa or qurta)

  1. old woman
    Antonym: ʾʾvycxʾ (avïčɣa)

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kurtğa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 648
  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ḳurta, ḳurtġa”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page ḳurta, ḳurtġa of 188