орчык
Northern Altai
Alternative forms
- орчик (orčik)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *övür-. Compare to Khakas оорчых (oorçıx, “spindle”), etc.
Noun
орчык • (orčïk)
References
- L. M. Tukmačev, editor (1995), “орчик, орчык”, in Kumandinsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Kumandy-Russian Dictionary], Biysk: Kandidat filologičeskix nauk, Izdatelʹstvo bijskij kotelʹščik, →ISBN, page 46
- Sevortjan, E. V. (1974), “ОҒУРҖАҚ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, pages 418, 419