Kumyk

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Etymology

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From кир (kir) + -ли (-li).

Adjective

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кирли (kirli)

  1. dirty

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “кирли”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Nogai

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Etymology

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From кир (kir) +‎ -ли (-li), from Proto-Turkic *kir (dirt, filth) +‎ Proto-Turkic *-lig.[1][2]

Adjective

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кирли (kirli)

  1. dirty, filthy

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ki:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 735
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kir”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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