詞源

繼承自原始突厥語 (“螞蟻”)。

名詞

(qumursɣa)

1. 螞蟻
   • 8世紀, Irk Bitig, Omen no 37
   • ‏𐰌𐰃𐰼 𐰴𐰺𐰃 𐰈𐰛𐰈𐰕𐰈𐰏 𐰌𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰤 𐰌𐰃𐰲𐰀 𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀 𐰘𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾‎

     Bir qarï öküzüg bélin biče qumursɣa yémiš.

     一隻老牛被螞蟻撕裂了它的腰。

參考資料

• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kumursğa:”, An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 页628
• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*Kumɨr-”, Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online - Irk Bitig Omen No. 37