турӑ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tura"

Chuvash

Etymology

  • Inherited from Middle Chuvash *tåu̯ri, from Volga Bulgar *täü̯ri, from Proto-Bulgar *tewri / *tawrï, from Proto-Turkic *teŋri.[1][2] Through a variant *tegri ~ *tagrï.[3] Attested in Danube Bulgar as ΤΑΓΓΡΑ (taŋra).[4]

    Noun

    турӑ • (tură) (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural турӑсем) 

    1. god, deity

    References

    1. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996), “турӑ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, pages 252-253
    2. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964), “турӑ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 259
    3. ^ Agyágasi, Klára (2019), Chuvash Historical Phonetics (Turcologica; 117), Wiesbaden: Harrssowitz, page 84
    4. ^ Tekin, Talât (1987), “Tangra”, in Tuna Bulgarları ve Dilleri [Danube Bulgars and Their Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, page 60

    Further reading

    • турӑ”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.