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
- 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
- borbor - center
- topoz - yak
- sırğa - earring(s)
- söykö - earring(s)
- cf. Manchu suihe - ear of grain; tassle, crest; end of whip
- cf. Manchu suihun - a large earring used by men
- momposuy - candy
- juurqan - blanket
- jurhu - coloured coarse linen cloth
- döŋ - hill
- çaŋ - dust
- çaarçıq - fawn
- çöntök - pocket
- şakek - ring (jewelry)
- qoqo - Adam's apple
- şeyşep - sheet
- ibelik - rolling pin
- ?<*ibe ?cf. Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz "bread"
- deŋgeel - level (n.)
- çöpürök - fabric
- toqoy - forest
- ayna - powder
- qılım - century
- bağelek - cuff
- cf. Turkic bağ- - tie (Kyrgyz boo, bayla-)
- çeke - forehead
- qaqı(m)gül - dandelion
- bata - blessing
- mamı - [hitching] post
- jubay - member of a pair, spouse
- cf. jup - even number, pair (from Persian?)
- cf. Manchu juwe - two
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Adjectives and Adverbs
- çoŋ - big
- çooçun - unfamiliar (person)
- mıjıqıy (adj) - killjoy
- çaq - perfect-fitting
- cf. Manchu ciki - fit exactly
- qooz - pretty (for inanimate things)
- cf. Mongolic ğo'a/ğoya - pretty
- cf. Manchu χojo - pretty
- qoqus(tan) - suddenly
- melüün - warm (air)
- cf. Mongolic bülegen - warm (liquid)
- tataal - complicated, complex
- jupun/jupunu - simple, light/thin (about clothes)
- cf. Old Turkic yupqa/yuvqa/yuvğa/yuqa (kg. juqa) - thin
- cf. Mongolic jöb-xön - simple (← jöb - correct)
Verbs
- mıjı(q)- - squeeze
- oodar- - flip over
- taarın- - be/get offended
- cf. Manchu tarud- - chatter, talk nonsense, talk back
- çurqa- - run
- cf. Manchu çurxu- - for a road to go a distance
- qarma- - grab, hold
- cf. Mongolic ğar - hand
- cf. WMo qarma- - rake up, gather together
- cf. Manchu qarma- - protect, safeguard
- qorot- - waste
- cf. Manchu qoro - loss, damage
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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" ?
