ӱлгер

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Southern Altai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *ülkär "Pleiades", possibly from Proto-Turkic *ül- (to divide).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (Ülkär, Pleiades); Kazakh Үркер (Ürker), Kyrgyz Үркөр (Ürkör), Kumyk Уьлкер (Ülker), Uzbek Hulkar, Azerbaijani Ülkər, Turkish Ülker, Khakas Ӱлгер (Ülger), Yakut Үргэл (Ürgel, Pleiades).

Proper noun[edit]

ӱлгер (ülger)

  1. Pleiades

References[edit]

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ӱлгер”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN