kurşun

Meaning

Adj

leaden

Noun

1. lead (chemical element)
2. musket ball
3. (broadly) bullet

Concepts

lead

bullet

missile

leaden

graphite

projectile

round

slug

Synonyms

mermi

ok

kılavuz öncü

Hyphenated as

kur‧şun

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kuɾˈʃun/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قورشون

Cognate with Karakhanid: قُرُغْژٖينْ

Cognate with Kyrgyz: коргошун

Cognate with Kazakh: қорғасын

Cognate with Turkmen: gurşun

Cognate with Azerbaijani: qurğuşun

Cognate with Bashkir: ҡурғаш

Cognate with Tatar: кургаш

Cognate with Uyghur: قوغۇشۇن

Cognate with Uzbek: qoʻrgʻoshin

Cognate with Mongolian: хорголжин

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish قورشون (kurşun, “lead”), from Common Turkic *qorɣušïn (“lead”), from Proto-Turkic *korguĺčïn (“lead”).
Cognates with Karakhanid قُرُغْژٖينْ (qoruγžï̄n, “lead”), Kyrgyz коргошун (korgoşun), Kazakh қорғасын (qorğasyn), Turkmen gurşun, Azerbaijani qurğuşun, Bashkir ҡурғаш (qurğaş), Tatar кургаш (qurgaş), Uyghur قوغۇشۇن (qoghushun), Uzbek qoʻrgʻoshin and Mongolian хорголжин (xorgolžin), the latter being a Turkic borrowing.