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== The [presumably] Persian words ==
 
== The [presumably] Persian words ==
 
* коом - community
 
* коом - community
* кооз - pretty (landscape)
 
 
* бата - blessing
 
* бата - blessing
 
* тоскоол - obstacle
 
* тоскоол - obstacle
* -чан suffix - -clad (wearing something) (e.g., калпакчан)
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* -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
* көйнөк - shirt
 
 
* тапчан - seating platform for dastorxon
 
* тапчан - seating platform for dastorxon
* чөпүрөк - fabric
 
* төшөк - ~mattress
 
* шейшеп - sheet
 
 
* чарчы - square
 
* чарчы - square
  
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* жоокер - soldier ← jahongir - ~warrior
 
* жоокер - soldier ← jahongir - ~warrior
 
* дене - body ← tän?
 
* дене - body ← tän?
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* айнек (Kk. әйнек) - glass (cf., Kk. айна - mirror)
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* кулпу - lock (Arabic ''qifl'', Tajik ''qufl''/''qulf'')
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* чабелекей (?) - sparrow
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* анделек - melon
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* мөөр - stamp
  
 
== Other words with mysterious etymologies ==
 
== Other words with mysterious etymologies ==
* чоң - big
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See [[Turkic words with mysterious etymologies]].
* борбор - center
 
* топоз - yak
 
* тумшук - trunk/beak
 
* чоочун - unfamiliar (person)
 
* мыжы(к)- - squeeze
 
* мыжыкый (adj) - killjoy
 
* сырга - earrings
 
* сүйкө - earrings
 
* оодар (Kk. аудар) - flip over
 
* момпосуй - candy
 
* жууркан - blanket
 
* дөң - hill
 
  
 
== 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
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* дөө - giant, cyclops (Kazakh дәу - giant, huge)
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** Mongol *dobu - giant, cyclops
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** Persian dēw - dæmon
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 00:26, 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