كربا

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Common Turkic *körpe (“fresh; new”). Compare Uyghur كۆرپە (körpe), Turkish körpe, Azerbaijani körpə (“baby”).

Noun

كُرْبا (körpē)

fresh, new
كُرْبا اُوتْ ― Körpē ot ― Fresh grass

كُرْبا يَمِشْ ― Körpē yemiš ― Fresh fruit
newborn child who was born during summer
كُرْبا اُغُلْ ― Körpē oɣul ― Newborn child

References

al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 415

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