qursaq

Etymology
Likely from an earlier (cf. 🇨🇬 or, compare 🇨🇬).

The possibility of the latter being a derivation of was proposed already by, who connected it with  ("This is why 'stomach' is called , since it dries out for every hour that passes and a hunger for food arises in it."  ). There is, however, a possibility that the Karakhanid form is metathesized under the influence of a folk etymology, which also found its way into.

Räsänen held that the word is derived from + *-sak (as in ).

Yet another view, that of Sevortjan, held that *kur in *kursak is synonymous with *kar, as in, this view is, however, not supported anymore.

Noun

 * 1) abomasum, maw
 * 2)  stomach
 * 3)  belly