"orun" meaning in Proto-Turkic

See orun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Usually considered simplex however there have been multiple theories on its origin and derivation. # Dybo suggests a borrowing from Middle Chinese 龍 (MC ljowng). # Tezcan suggests a derivation from *olur- (“to sit”), this would give an earlier form *olrun, which would then become *ōrun with consonant deletion. # EDAL also suggests a hypothetical unattested verb *or- from whence *ordu (“royal camp”) and *ortu (“middle”) hypothetically comes. Etymology templates: {{noncog|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|龍}} 龍 (MC ljowng) Head templates: {{head|trk-pro|noun}} *orun Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], orun [nominative, singular], orunug [accusative, singular], orunnï [accusative, singular], orunnuŋ [genitive, singular], orunka [dative, singular], orunda [locative, singular], orundan [ablative, singular], orungaru [allative, singular], orunun [instrumental, singular], orunča [equative, singular], orunlayu [error-unrecognized-form, singular], orunlugu [comitative, singular]
  1. place Wikipedia link: Semih Tezcan Tags: reconstruction Derived forms (⇒ *or(u)n-a- (“to reserve a place”)): ⇒ *orna-ĺč- (english: to settle down)
    Sense id: en-orun-trk-pro-noun-gd9jWAzJ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Turkic entries with incorrect language header
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}

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