үркәс

Bashkir

Бер үркәсле дөйә.
A one-humped camel.

Etymology

From *örkäč "camel's hump", probably derived from Proto-Turkic *ȫr- (to rise).

Cognate with Tatar өркәч (örkäç, camel's hump), Kazakh өркеш (örkeş, camel's hump), Kyrgyz өркөч (örköç, camel's hump), Southern Altai ӧркӧш (örköš, camel's hump), Uzbek oʻrkach (camel's hump), Uyghur ئوركەچ (orkech, camel's hump), Yakut арҕас (arğas, bulge);

should be kept separate from *örküč, as attested in Azerbaijani hürgüc (camel's hump), Turkmen örküç (camel's hump), Turkish hörgüç (camel's hump).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʏrˈkæs]
  • Hyphenation: үр‧кәс

Noun

үркәс (ürkäs)

  1. (zoology) camel's hump
    Ике үркәсле дөйә.İke ürkäsle döyä.Two-humped camel.

Declension

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