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== 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
 
* 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 (n.)
 
* көйнөк - shirt
 
* чөпүрөк - fabric
 
* чурка - run
 
* токой - forest
 
  
 
== Words with cognates but unclear etymologies ==
 
== Words with cognates but unclear etymologies ==

Revision as of 16:47, 23 October 2012

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)

Other words with mysterious etymologies

See Turkic words with mysterious etymologies.

Words with cognates but unclear etymologies

  • дароо - immediately
    • Khalkha даруй, дороо
    • Tajik даррав