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* чейрек - fourth ← čāryak? | * чейрек - fourth ← čāryak? | ||
* жоокер - soldier ← jahongir - ~warrior | * жоокер - soldier ← jahongir - ~warrior | ||
| + | * дене - body ← tän? | ||
== Other words with mysterious etymologies == | == Other words with mysterious etymologies == | ||
Revision as of 13:50, 4 October 2010
or at least so I think... Any of those premises could be wrong (except for the "Kyrgyz words" part, I guess)
Contents
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
- дене - body ← tän?
Other words with mysterious etymologies
- чоң - big
- борбор - center
- топоз - yak
- тумшук - trunk/beak
- чоочун - unfamiliar (person)
Words with cognates but unclear etymologies
- дароо - immediately
- Khalkha даруй
- Tajik даррав
