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** cf. Turkic ''bağ-'' - tie (Kyrgyz ''boo'', ''bayla-'') | ** cf. Turkic ''bağ-'' - tie (Kyrgyz ''boo'', ''bayla-'') | ||
* çeke - forehead | * çeke - forehead | ||
− | * | + | * qaqı(m)gül - dandelion |
* bata - blessing | * bata - blessing | ||
* mamı - [hitching] post | * mamı - [hitching] post |
Revision as of 16:02, 11 January 2015
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.
Contents
Kazakh words
- ayna - mirror
- awdar- - flip over, translate
- deŋgey - level
- qarmaq - fishing pole (cf. Kyrgyz qarma- below)
- şeşe - mother
- täwlik - day (24-hour period, not day time)
Kyrgyz words
See also Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates.
Nouns
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Adjectives and Adverbs
Verbs
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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" ?