Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates: Difference between revisions
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== The [presumably] Persian words == | == The [presumably] Persian words == | ||
* коом - community | * коом - community | ||
* бата - blessing | * бата - blessing | ||
* тоскоол - obstacle | * тоскоол - obstacle | ||
* - | * -чAн suffix - -clad (wearing something) (e.g., калпакчан, көйнөкчөн, көзайнекчен) | ||
* депкер - strainer or holey spatula thing for paloo | * депкер - strainer or holey spatula thing for paloo | ||
* тапчан - seating platform for dastorxon | * тапчан - seating platform for dastorxon | ||
* чарчы - square | * чарчы - square | ||
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* жоокер - soldier ← jahongir - ~warrior | * жоокер - soldier ← jahongir - ~warrior | ||
* дене - body ← tän? | * дене - body ← tän? | ||
* айнек (Kk. әйнек) - glass (cf., Kk. айна - mirror) | |||
* кулпу - lock (Arabic ''qifl'', Tajik ''qufl''/''qulf'') | |||
* чабелекей (?) - sparrow | |||
* анделек - melon | |||
* мөөр - stamp | |||
== Other words with mysterious etymologies == | == Other words with mysterious etymologies == | ||
See [[Turkic words with mysterious etymologies]]. | |||
== Words with cognates but unclear etymologies == | == Words with cognates but unclear etymologies == | ||
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** Khalkha даруй, дороо | ** Khalkha даруй, дороо | ||
** Tajik даррав | ** Tajik даррав | ||
* дөө - giant, cyclops (Kazakh дәу - giant, huge) | |||
** Mongol *dobu - giant, cyclops | |||
** Persian dēw - dæmon | |||
[[Category:Kyrgyz]] | [[Category:Kyrgyz]] | ||
[[Category:Persian]] | [[Category:Persian]] | ||
[[Category:Historical | [[Category:Historical Linguistics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:26, 17 January 2015
or at least so I think... Any of those premises could be wrong (except for the "Kyrgyz words" part, I guess)
The [presumably] Persian words
- коом - community
- бата - blessing
- тоскоол - obstacle
- -чAн suffix - -clad (wearing something) (e.g., калпакчан, көйнөкчөн, көзайнекчен)
- депкер - strainer or holey spatula thing for paloo
- тапчан - seating platform for dastorxon
- чарчы - square
Weird versions in Kyrgyz
- чейрек - fourth ← čāryak?
- жоокер - soldier ← jahongir - ~warrior
- дене - body ← tän?
- айнек (Kk. әйнек) - glass (cf., Kk. айна - mirror)
- кулпу - lock (Arabic qifl, Tajik qufl/qulf)
- чабелекей (?) - sparrow
- анделек - melon
- мөөр - stamp
Other words with mysterious etymologies
See Turkic words with mysterious etymologies.
Words with cognates but unclear etymologies
- дароо - immediately
- Khalkha даруй, дороо
- Tajik даррав
- дөө - giant, cyclops (Kazakh дәу - giant, huge)
- Mongol *dobu - giant, cyclops
- Persian dēw - dæmon
