кирли

Kumyk

Etymology

From кир (kir) + -ли (-li).

Adjective

кирли • (kirli)

  1. dirty

Derived terms

  • кирлик (kirlik)
  • кирлилик (kirlilik)

Further reading

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

Nogai

Etymology

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

Adjective

кирли • (kirli)

  1. dirty, filthy

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ki:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, 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