ӧркӧш
Southern Altai
Etymology
From *örkäč "camel's hump", probably derived from Proto-Turkic *ȫr- (“to rise”).
Cognate with Bashkir үркәс (ürkəs, “camel's hump”), Tatar өркәч (örkäç, “camel's hump”), Kazakh өркеш (örkeş, “camel's hump”), Kyrgyz өркөч (örköc, “camel's hump”), Kumyk оьркеч (örkeç, “camel's hump”), Uzbek oʻrkach (“camel's hump”), Uyghur ئوركەچ (orkech, “camel's hump”);
should be kept separate from *örküč, as attested in Turkmen örküç (“camel's hump”), Turkish hörgüç (“camel's hump”).
Noun
ӧркӧш • (örköš)
- hump (camel)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ӧркӧш (örköš) | ӧркӧштӧр (örköštör) |
| definite genitive | ӧркӧштиҥ (örköštiŋ) | ӧркӧштӧрдиҥ (örköštördiŋ) |
| dative | ӧркӧшкӧ (örköškö) | ӧркӧштӧргӧ (örköštörgö) |
| definite accusative | ӧркӧшти (örköšti) | ӧркӧштӧрди (örköštördi) |
| locative | ӧркӧштӧ (örköštö) | ӧркӧштӧрдӧ (örköštördö) |
| ablative | ӧркӧштӧҥ (örköštöŋ) | ӧркӧштӧрдӧҥ (örköštördöŋ) |
References
Čumakajev, A. E., editor (2018), “ӧркӧш”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN