![]() ![]() A mankurt did not recognise his name, family or tribe - «a mankurt did not recognise himself as a human being».ĭiscussion is open about the origin of the word 'mankurt.' It was first used in the press by Aitmatov and he is said to have taken the word from the Epic of Manas. Under a hot sun these skins dried tight, like a steel band, thus enslaving them forever, which he likens this to a ring of rockets around the earth to keep out a higher civilisation. According to Aitmatov, there was a Kyrgyz legend, according to which mankurts were prisoners of war who were turned into slaves by having their heads wrapped in camel skin. Chinghiz Aitmatov | Cengiz Aytmatov (1928-2008) draws in his book, The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years heavily on the tradition of the mankurts. sakal, beard EN moruk: From Armenian moruk մորուգ ![]() ![]() Mankurt: (Turkish: Mankurt, Russian: Манкурт, Azerbaijani: Manqurt or Manqurd) is as a term refers to unthinking slave in Turkic mythology. Stupid, EN not to be confused with idiot EN TartarTR mank basık (özellikle kafa) possibly from TartarTR man- banmak, bastırmak +Ik→ ban-, to press EN. Mankafa: Tatarıŋ çün nazar idesin başı mank ve yüzi yassı ve gözleri kiçicük ve burnı etli ve dudak ve dişleri çirkīn olur. ![]()
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