Difference between revisions of "Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates"

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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 ==
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== The [presumably] Persian words ==
 
* коом - community
 
* коом - community
 
* кооз - pretty (landscape)
 
* кооз - pretty (landscape)

Revision as of 21:20, 3 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