тутарга
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *tuturgan, from Proto-Turkic *tuturkān.
Compare Mongghul tudorgha (“raw rice”), Kipchak طوطرغان (tutarğan, tuturğan, “rice”), Chagatai توتورغان (tuturğan, “rice”), Volga-Bulğar تتورغان (tuturğan, taturğan, “rice”).
Noun
тутарга • (tutarga) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠤᠲᠤᠷᠭᠠ (tuturɣ'a))
- rice
References
- Stachowski, Kamil (2008) Names of Cereals in the Turkic Languages (Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia; 11), Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 67