Etymology

From Old Turkic, from Proto-Turkic *čöl ‎(“steppe, desert”). Cognates include Kazakh шөл ‎(şöl), Kyrgyz чөл ‎(çöl), Tatar чүл ‎(çül), Bashkir сүл ‎(sül), Turkish çöl, Turkmen çöl, Uzbek choʻl.