kaburga

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قبورغه‎ (kaburga), from Proto-Turkic *kapur- (“rib”)[1]. According to Nişanyan, the word ultimately came from a Mongolic source.

Cognate with Tatar кабырга (qabırga, “rib”), Kazakh қабырға (qabyrğa, “rib”), Kumyk къабургъа (qaburğa, “rib”), Crimean Tatar qaburğa (“rib”), Kyrgyz кабырга (kabırga, “rib”), Shor қабырға (“rib”), Uzbek qovurgʻa (“rib”), Uyghur قوۋۇرغا‎ (qowurgha, “rib”), Turkmen gapyrga (“rib”), Azerbaijani qabırğa (“rib”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kaˈbuɾɡɑ]
Hyphenation: ka‧bur‧ga
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Noun

kaburga (definite accusative kaburgayı, plural kaburgalar)

rib

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*KApur-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kaburga”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
kaburga in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

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