Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates: Difference between revisions
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or at least so I think... Any of those premises could be wrong (except for the "Kyrgyz words" part, I guess) | or at least so I think... Any of those premises could be wrong (except for the "Kyrgyz words" part, I guess) | ||
== The Persian words == | == The [presumably] Persian words == | ||
* коом - community | * коом - community | ||
* кооз - pretty (landscape) | * кооз - pretty (landscape) | ||
Revision as of 01:20, 4 August 2010
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
- кооз - pretty (landscape)
- бата - blessing
- тоскоол - obstacle
- -чан suffix - -clad (wearing something) (e.g., калпакчан)
- депкер - strainer or holey spatula thing for paloo
- көйнөк - shirt
- тапчан - tea platform
- чөпүрөк - fabric
- төшөк - ~mattress
- шешеп - sheet
Other words with mysterious etymologies
- чоң - big
- борбор - center
Words with cognates but unclear etymologies
- дароо - immediately
- Khalkha даруй
- Tajik даррав
