𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰍𐰽𐰴

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kur(u)gsak (“stomach”). Cognate with Karakhanid قُرُغْساقْ (quruɣsaq, “stomach”), Turkish kursak, Yakut куртах (kurtaq).

Noun

𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰍𐰽𐰴 (quruɣsaq)

1. (anatomy) stomach
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 8

     𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰍𐰽𐰴𐰢𐰃𐰤:𐰴𐰃𐰞𐰲𐰃𐰣:𐰚𐰾𐰃𐰯𐰤:𐰇𐰔𐰇𐰢:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐰃𐰤𐱅𐰃𐰤:𐰉𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰣:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐰋𐰃𐰤𐱅𐰤:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     altun:quruɣsaqïmïn:qïlïčïn:kesipen:özüm:yul:intin:bašïmïn:yul:ebintin:tér

     Cutting my golden stomach with a sword, pluck my self out of its lair and pluck my head out of its house, it says.

See also

• 𐰴𐰺𐰣 (qarïn, “belly”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “kurugs(a)k”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kuruğsa:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 657
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kurg-sak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill