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Revision as of 16:48, 23 October 2012

This page is here to collect words which do not seem to go back to Old Turkic and do not obviously come from a major contact language.

Kazakh words

  • ayna - mirror
  • awdar- - flip over, translate
  • deŋgey - level

Kyrgyz words

See also Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates.

  • çoŋ - big
  • borbor - center
  • topoz - yak
  • çooçun - unfamiliar (person)
  • mıjı(q)- - squeeze
  • mıjıqıj (adj) - killjoy
  • sırğa - earring(s)
  • söykö - earring(s)
  • oodar- - flip over
  • momposuy - candy
  • juurqan - blanket
  • döŋ - hill
  • çaŋ - dust
  • kelesoo - crazy/stupid
  • çaq - perfect-fitting
  • qooz - pretty (for inanimate things)
  • çaarçıq - fawn
  • qoqus(tan) - suddenly
  • çöntök - pocket
  • taarın- - be/get offended
  • şakek - ring (jewelry)
  • qoqo - Adam's apple
  • şeyşep - sheet
  • ibelik - rolling pin
  • deŋgeel - level (n.)
  • çöpürök - fabric
  • çurqa- - run
  • toqoy - forest
  • ayna - powder

Proposed etymologies

Words on the above lists for which potential etymologies are discovered should be moved here.

  • Ky. köynök, Kk. köylek, etc. "shirt" appears to be from köŋil "shirt" +AK