qursaq

== Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Likely from an earlier Proto-Common Turkic *kugursak (cf. Old Turkic [script needed] (quɣursaq) or *kurugsak, compare Karakhanid قُرُغْساقْ (kuruɣsāq)). The possibility of the latter being a derivation of *kūrïk or *kūrïgak (“dry”) was proposed already by Kashgari, who connected it with قُرُغْسٖیماقْ (kuruɣsïmāq, “to dry”) ("This is why 'stomach' is called قُرُغْساقْ (kuruɣsāq), since it dries out for every hour that passes and a hunger for food arises in it."). There is, however, a possibility that the Karakhanid form is metathesized under the influence of a folk etymology, which also found its way into Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk. Räsänen held that the word is derived from *kur (“belt”) + *-sak (as in bağırsaq). Yet another view, that of Sevortjan, held that *kur in *kursak is synonymous with *kar, as in *karïn (“stomach”), this view is, however, not supported anymore. === Pronunciation === === Noun === qursaq (definite accusative qursağı, plural qursaqlar) abomasum, maw (colloquial) stomach (colloquial) belly ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “qursaq” in Obastan.com.