Turkic words with mysterious etymologies
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This page is here to collect words which do not seem to go back to Old Turkic and do not obviously come from a major contact language.
Kazakh words
- ayna - mirror
- awdar- - flip over, translate
- deŋgey - level
Kyrgyz words
See also Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates.
- çoŋ - big
- borbor - center
- topoz - yak
- çooçun - unfamiliar (person)
- mıjı(q)- - squeeze
- mıjıqıj (adj) - killjoy
- sırğa - earring(s)
- söykö - earring(s)
- oodar- - flip over
- momposuy - candy
- juurqan - blanket
- döŋ - hill
- çaŋ - dust
- çaq - perfect-fitting
- qooz - pretty (for inanimate things)
- çaarçıq - fawn
- qoqus(tan) - suddenly
- çöntök - pocket
- taarın- - be/get offended
- şakek - ring (jewelry)
- qoqo - Adam's apple
- şeyşep - sheet
- ibelik - rolling pin
- deŋgeel - level (n.)
- çöpürök - fabric
- çurqa- - run
- toqoy - forest
- ayna - powder
- qılım - century
- qarma- - grab, hold
Proposed etymologies
Words on the above lists for which potential etymologies are discovered should be moved here.
- Ky. köynök, Kk. köylek, etc. "shirt" appears to be from Turkic köŋil "shirt" +AK
- Ky. kelesoo "crazy/stupid", related to Persian kal(l)a "head" + Turkic soo "healthy/sober" ?
