Turkic words in Yiddish

The orthography used to represent Turkic languages on this page is a phonemic system based on Turkish orthography. This is done to avoid focusing on the phonetic differences between different languages used. The IPA is used when describing the phonetics of Turkic languages.

Wordlist

Yiddish	Turkic	Russian
kabak - squash,pumpkin	qabaq - pumpkin,squash	кабачок - squash
kavene - watermelon	qawun - melon
yarmlke	yağmurluk - rain covering/canopy
arbes - chickpeas
prakes
parputshn - slippers
titun
pupik - navel	*gööpek - navel	пупок - navel

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