үөр

Yakut

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ögür (“a herd of horses, group of wild animals"”). See Bashkir өйөр (öyör) for cognates.

Noun

үөр • (üör)

  1. (of animals) herd
    атыыр тоҕус үөрэ ― atıır toğus üöre ― a herd with nine stallions
    Synonym: бөлөх (bölöq)
  2. (of people) gang, clique
  3. (by synecdoche) member, individual

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

үөр • (üör)

  1. (religion) soul (of a deceased person)
    See synonyms at кут (kut).
  2. an evil spirit
    See synonyms at абааһы (abaahı).

Etymology 3

Proto-Turkic *ög-mek, *ȫg-mek (“to praise”) .[1]. Compare Turkish övmek (“to praise”).

Verb

үөр • (üör)

  1. to rejoice
Derived terms
  • үөр-көт (üör-köt, “to rejoice very much”)

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ög-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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