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== Kyrgyz words == | == Kyrgyz words == | ||
''See also [[Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates]].'' | ''See also [[Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates]].'' | ||
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+ | === Nouns === | ||
* borbor - center | * borbor - center | ||
* topoz - yak | * topoz - yak | ||
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* sırğa - earring(s) | * sırğa - earring(s) | ||
* söykö - earring(s) | * söykö - earring(s) | ||
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* momposuy - candy | * momposuy - candy | ||
* juurqan - blanket | * juurqan - blanket | ||
* döŋ - hill | * döŋ - hill | ||
* çaŋ - dust | * çaŋ - dust | ||
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* çaarçıq - fawn | * çaarçıq - fawn | ||
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* çöntök - pocket | * çöntök - pocket | ||
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* şakek - ring (jewelry) | * şakek - ring (jewelry) | ||
* qoqo - Adam's apple | * qoqo - Adam's apple | ||
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* deŋgeel - level (n.) | * deŋgeel - level (n.) | ||
* çöpürök - fabric | * çöpürök - fabric | ||
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* toqoy - forest | * toqoy - forest | ||
* ayna - powder | * ayna - powder | ||
* qılım - century | * qılım - century | ||
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+ | === Adjectives and Adverbs=== | ||
+ | * çoŋ - big | ||
+ | * çooçun - unfamiliar (person) | ||
+ | * mıjıqıj (adj) - killjoy | ||
+ | * çaq - perfect-fitting | ||
+ | * qooz - pretty (for inanimate things) | ||
+ | * qoqus(tan) - suddenly | ||
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+ | === Verbs === | ||
+ | * mıjı(q)- - squeeze | ||
+ | * oodar- - flip over | ||
+ | * taarın- - be/get offended | ||
+ | * çurqa- - run | ||
* qarma- - grab, hold | * qarma- - grab, hold | ||
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== Proposed etymologies == | == Proposed etymologies == |
Revision as of 03:17, 26 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.
Contents
Kazakh words
- ayna - mirror
- awdar- - flip over, translate
- deŋgey - level
Kyrgyz words
See also Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates.
Nouns
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Adjectives and Adverbs
Verbs
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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 Turkic köŋil "shirt" +AK
- Ky. kelesoo "crazy/stupid", related to Persian kal(l)a "head" + Turkic soo "healthy/sober" ?