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Names of Cereals in the Turkic Languages - Wydział Filologiczny UJ

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20 aži bijdaj || Cornmäkkemäkke žueri → meke žügörümeke žügörümekgeǯövenmekke ǯeven → mekgeǯövenmokka-ǯavari → mekežügörümysir bogdaj → mysyr(bugdajy)languages:Az.: gargydalyBosn.Tksh.: kukuruzBšk.: kukuruz || kukuruzaCTat.: mysir bogdajČuv.: kukkurus || kukurusь|| kukuruzaKarC: kokoroz ||mysyr‐bogdajKarH: basadohan || saryKhak.: kukuruzaKirg.: meke žügörü || žügöri|| žügörü || ǯügeriKirg.dial.: kömbö konokKklp.: mäkke || mäkke žueriKmk.: habiž(d)ajmysyr bogdaj → mysyr (bugdajy)mysyr-bogdaj → mysyr(bugdajy)mysyr bugdaj → mysyr(bugdajy)mysyr (bugdajy)nartüknartux → nartüknartüx → nartükKrč.Blk.: nartux || nartüx ||žügeriKzk.: žügeriKzk.dial.: žasymykNog.: aži bijdaj || ažy bijdaj|| nartükOtt.: kokoroz || ? mysyr bogdaj|| ? mysyr bugdaj || šamdarysyOyr.: kukuruzaSal.: konagTat.: käbä bodaj || käbä bödoj|| kargi-dali || kukurus ||kukuruz || kukuruzaTksh.: mysyr (bugdajy)qonaq → (kömme) qonaqsaryšam darysyžasymykžügeri → žügörüžügöri → žügörüžügörü → žügörüžŭxori → žügörüǯügeri → žügörüTksh.dial.: dary || kokoroz ||kukuruzTrkm.: mekgeǯöven || mekkeǯevenTuv.: kukuruzaUyg.: bordoq || čüžgün qonaq|| köma qonaq || kömek|| köme qonaq || kömmeqonaq || kömür qonaq ||qonaqUzb.: makkažavari ||makkažŭhori || makka(-)ǯuari || mokka-ǯavari ||žŭxoriYak.: kukurūsa || kukuruzaaži bijdajforms: aži bijdaj Nog.: RNogS || ažy bijdaj Dmitrieva 1972: 213etymology: 1972: Dmitrieva: < ažy ‘bitter’ + bijdaj ‘wheat’commentary:While it is not easy to present a conv<strong>in</strong>c<strong>in</strong>g counterargument for <strong>the</strong> etymology proposed<strong>in</strong> Dmitrieva 1972, nei<strong>the</strong>r can one accept it without reservations. Semantics isdef<strong>in</strong>itely its weak po<strong>in</strong>t. Gra<strong>in</strong>s <strong>of</strong> wheat might <strong>in</strong>deed have a sweetish taste whencompared to o<strong>the</strong>r cereals, but <strong>the</strong>y certa<strong>in</strong>ly can not be regarded as sweeter than corn,which has a very dist<strong>in</strong>ct sweet flavour. Certa<strong>in</strong>ly it is not sweet enough to make it adist<strong>in</strong>ctive feature.Though we are not able to present a counterproposition, we do not want to acceptDmitrieva’s solution, ei<strong>the</strong>r. Not at least, <strong>in</strong> so brief a form. Perhaps she knows <strong>of</strong>more ethnographic data which could provide a more conv<strong>in</strong>c<strong>in</strong>g argument <strong>in</strong> favour<strong>of</strong> her proposition.

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