ӑмӑрт

Chuvash

Etymology 1

Unknown, the word exists exclusively within the Bulgar language family and not in any other Turkic language. Fedotov and Yegorov suggest a very early borrowing from Persian سیمرغ (simorğ), however they do not address where the final -т (-t) comes from.[1][2] Attested in Danube Bulgar as ΩΜΟΡΤΑΓ, the diminutive of ΩΜΟΡΤ (omurt ~ omort, "eagle").[3]

Noun

ӑмӑрт • (ămărt) (plural ӑмӑртсем) 

  1. eagle

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ӑмӑрт • (ămărt)

  1. (intransitive) to compete, race

References

  1. Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “ӑмӑрт”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 83
  2. Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “ӑмӑрт”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 40
  3. Tekin, Talât (1987) “Omurtag ~ Omortag”, in Tuna Bulgarları ve Dilleri [Danube Bulgars and Their Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, pages 53-54

Further reading

  • ӑмӑрт”, in Электронлă сăмахсар (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.