Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates: Difference between revisions

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* -чAн suffix - -clad (wearing something) (e.g., калпакчан, көйнөкчөн, көзайнекчен)
* -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
* шейшеп - sheet
* 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 ==
* чоң - big
See [[Turkic words with mysterious etymologies]].
* борбор - center
* топоз - yak
* тумшук - trunk/beak
* чоочун - unfamiliar (person)
* мыжы(к)- - squeeze
* мыжыкый (adj) - killjoy
* сырга - earring(s)
* сөйкө - earring(s)
* оодар- (Kk. аудар-) - flip over
* момпосуй - candy
* жууркан - blanket
* дөң - hill
* чаң - dust
* келесоо - crazy/stupid
* чак - perfect-fitting
* кооз - pretty (for inanimate things)
* чаарчык - fawn
* кокус(тан) - suddenly
* чөнтөк - pocket
* таарын- - be/get offended
* шакек - ring (jewelry)
* коко - Adam's apple
* шейшеп - sheet
* ибелик - rolling pin
* деңгээл (Kk. деңгей) - level


== 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




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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
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