قبورغه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • قابورغه (kaburga)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kapur- (rib); cognate with Azerbaijani qabırğa, Bashkir ҡабырға (qabırğa), Crimean Tatar qaburğa, Kazakh қабырға (qabyrğa), Kyrgyz кабырга (kabırga), Tatar кабырга (qabırga), Turkmen gapyrga, Uyghur قوۋۇرغا (qowurgha) and Uzbek qovurgʻa.

Noun

قبورغه • (kaburga)

  1. rib, any of the curved bones which form the thoracic cage
    Synonyms: اگی (eği), ضلع (dilʿ)
  2. (nautical) rib, any of several curved members attached to the keel

Descendants

  • Turkish: kaburga
  • Armenian: խապուռղա (xapuṙġa), կաբուռկա (kabuṙka), ղաբուռղա (ġabuṙġa)

Further reading

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