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kaburga.

rib

7 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun[kaˈbuɾ.ɡa]

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قبورغه (kaburga), from Proto-Turkic *kapur- (“rib”). According to Nişanyan, the word is ultimately of Mongolic origin. Cognate of Tatar кабырга (qabırğa, “rib”), Kazakh қабырға (qabırğa, “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”), and Salar goqga (“rib”). Compare Mongolian хавирга (xavirga).

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