Proto-Turkic: *or-
Meaning: 1 place 2 palace 3 lair, den 4 middle 5 place of staying (of the army, ruler etc.) 6 army
Russian meaning: 1 место 2 дворец 3 берлога, логово 4 середина 5 место стоянки (армии, правителя) 6 армия
Old Turkic: orun 1 (OUygh.), ordu 2, 5, ortu 4 (Orkh., OUygh.)
Karakhanid: orun 1, ordu 2, 3, otra ~ ortu (MK) 5
Turkish: orun 1, ordu 6, orta 4
Tatar: urɨn 1, urda 5, urta 4
Middle Turkic: orun 1, ordu, orda 5, orta 4 (Pav. C.)
Uzbek: ọrin 1, ọrda 5, ọrta 4
Uighur: orun 1, o(r)da 5, orta 4
Sary-Yughur: orɨn 1, orta, orto, otra 4
Azerbaidzhan: ordu 6, orta 4
Turkmen: orun 1, orta 4, orda 6
Khakassian: orɨn 1, orda 5, ortɨ 4
Oyrat: orɨn 1, ordo 5, orto 4
Chuvash: vɨrъn 1, vъda 4
Yakut: ordū 1, 3, 5, oron 1, orto 4
Dolgan: onnu 1
Tuva: orun 1, ortu 4
Tofalar: oron 1
Kirghiz: orun 1, ordo 5, orto 4
Kazakh: orɨn 1, orda 4, 5, orta 4
Noghai: orɨn 1, orda 5, orta 4
Bashkir: urɨn 1, urda 5, urta 4
Balkar: orun 1, orta 4
Gagauz: orta 4
Karaim: orun 1, ordu 6, orta 4
Karakalpak: orɨn 1, orda 5, orta 4
Kumyk: orun 1, orda 5, 6, orta 4
Comments: EDT 203-204, 233, VEWT 364, 365, TMN 2, 141, ЭСТЯ 1, 470-472, 474-479, Лексика 495, 563, 569, Stachowski 193, 196. Turkic is the source of Mong. oron 'place', ordo(n) 'palace' (cf. TMN 1, 164-165, 2, 38-39, Щербак 1997, 130), whence Man. oron etc., see Doerfer MT 116. The PT *ordu 'place of staying' may need to be separated from other forms here: it contains a very untypical *-rd- cluster (as opposed to *or-tu 'middle') and may reflect an ancient borrowing from some unknown source. Cf. in that respect WMong. örte- 'to change post horses', örtegen 'postal relay station', also somewhat obscure in origin.
