мӱркӱт

Southern Altai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bürküt (“eagle”). Compare Russian беркут (berkut), a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

мӱркӱт • (mürküt)

1. golden eagle
2. eagle

References

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “мӱркӱт”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
• Tenišev E. R., editor (2001), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: Leksika [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages: Lexis] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, page 169