kuytu
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قویتو (koytu). Further etymology uncertain. Three possibilities have been proposed:
- From Middle Mongol ᠬᠣᠢᠲᠤ (qoitu, “behind; to the north”) (Modern Mongolian хойд (xojd) / ᠬᠣᠶᠢᠳᠤ (qoyidu)).[1][2] Compare kuz (“place not under sunlight, shadowed hillside”) and kuzey (“north”) for the semantic parity with "north" <> "secluded".
- A native Turkic word with sparse attestation, if so, would be cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (ku:y, “bottom of a valley”), Tuvan куй (kuy, “cave”) and Khakas хуй (xuy, “cave”).[3]
- From Ancient Greek κοїθε (koїthe, “seaside”).[4]
Adjective
kuytu
References
- ^ Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2015–), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 62
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kuytu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “2 ku:y”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 674
- ^ Eyuboğlu, İsmet Zeki (1991), “kuytu”, in Türk dilinin etimoloji sözlüğü [Etymological dictionary of the Turkish language] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Sosyal Yayınlar, page 212
Further reading
- “kuytu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu