ирдээ

ирдээ

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *īŕte- (“to search, seek, pursue”)[1].

Verb

ирдээ • (irdee)

1. (transitive) to track down (game, etc.)
2. to seek out
3. to investigate
4. to require, demand

Derived terms

• ирдээ-тордоо (irdee-tordoo, “to seek out, to hunt down, to pursue”)

Synonyms

• модьуй (mocuy, “to demand, to insist on”)

References

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