Names of Cereals in the Turkic Languages - Wydział Filologiczny UJ

22 gargydaly || Corngargydalyforms:gargydaly Az.: RAzS, Dmitrieva 1972: 213kargi-dali Tat.: قارقی دالی Tanievъ 1909languages:Az.: gargydaly || Tat.: kargi-dalietymology: 1972: Dmitrieva: < gargy ‘reed’ + daly ‘its branch’commentary:The structure of this word is so clear, and the similarity of corn to reed so obvious thatwe can see no reason to question the etymology presented by Dmitrieva 1972.habiž(d)ajforms: habiž(d)aj Kmk.: Dmitrieva 1972: 213, RKmkSetymology: as yet not discussedcommentary:This word is unclear morphologically. It is possible that -biž(d)aj corresponds to Tkc.bugdaj ‘wheat’ (with a simplification of the consonant cluster). The ha- in anlaut remainshowever, utterly incomprehensible.käbä bödojforms: käbä bödoj Tat.: R IV 1714t || käbä bodaj Voskresenskij 1894etymology: as yet not discussedcommentary:This name is not entirely clear. Its second element, bödoj raises no doubts about its Tkc.origin (Tkc. bugdaj ‘wheat’), even though its vocalism is not quite so comprehensible.As to käbä, it seems most likely to us that it is in fact a place name, Kaaba. A verynice semantic parallel for such a naming is provided by Trkm. mekgeǯöven and similarnames in Kirg., Kklp. and Uyg., Tksh. mysyr bugdajy and Ott. šam darysy. However,front vowels in this form remain a mystery to us.Possibly, although this does not seem very likely, this word is identical with Tksh.kaba ‘simple, coarse’?Naming one species of cereal with the name of another one, and an attribute raisesno doubts (corn was brought to the Tkc. peoples relatively late).kokorozforms:kokoroz KarC: ‘roasted corn grains’ Levi 1996 || Ott.: R II ‏,قوقوروز‎509b MiklTürkEl|| Tksh.: Eren 1999 قوقوروز ‏,قوقوروس‎1921‎ Redhouse ‏,قوقورسkukkurus Čuv.: RČuvS-Akukurus Tat.: Dmitrieva 1972: 213