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Proto-Mongolian: *bögse
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: rump, buttock
Russian meaning: зад, ягодицы
Written Mongolian: bögse(n) (L 126)
Middle Mongolian: bokse (SH), bukse (MA 123)
Khalkha: bögs
Buriat: bügse
Kalmuck: böksǝ
Ordos: bögsö 'buttock, vulva'
Dongxian: bursu, burse, bugsu (Poppe)
Dagur: bursu, burse (Тод. Даг. 128), burs
Shary-Yoghur: bǝgse
Comments: KW 55, MGCD 161. Usually considered to be borrowed < Turk. bögsek (see Щербак 1997, 109, Лексика 278, EDT 329), but the Turkic word means "upper part of chest" which makes the loan theory extremely dubious. Mong. > Kirgh., Kaz. böksö 'buttocks' (see EDT 329), Evk. buksu etc., see Doerfer MT 130, Rozycki 37.
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