Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates: Difference between revisions
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* төшөк - ~mattress | * төшөк - ~mattress | ||
* шешеп - sheet | * шешеп - sheet | ||
* чарчы - square | |||
== Weird versions in Kyrgyz == | |||
* чейрек - fourth ← čāryak? | |||
* жоокер - soldier ← jahongir - ~warrior | |||
== Other words with mysterious etymologies == | == Other words with mysterious etymologies == | ||
Revision as of 02:12, 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 - seating platform for dastorxon
- чөпүрөк - fabric
- төшөк - ~mattress
- шешеп - sheet
- чарчы - square
Weird versions in Kyrgyz
- чейрек - fourth ← čāryak?
- жоокер - soldier ← jahongir - ~warrior
Other words with mysterious etymologies
- чоң - big
- борбор - center
Words with cognates but unclear etymologies
- дароо - immediately
- Khalkha даруй
- Tajik даррав
