Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates: Difference between revisions
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* мыжы(к)- - squeeze | * мыжы(к)- - squeeze | ||
* мыжыкый (adj) - killjoy | * мыжыкый (adj) - killjoy | ||
* сырга - | * сырга - earring(s) | ||
* | * сөйкө - earring(s) | ||
* оодар (Kk. аудар) - flip over | * оодар- (Kk. аудар-) - flip over | ||
* момпосуй - candy | * момпосуй - candy | ||
* жууркан - blanket | * жууркан - blanket | ||
* дөң - hill | * дөң - hill | ||
* чаң - dust | * чаң - dust | ||
* келесоо - crazy/stupid | |||
* чак - perfect-fitting | |||
== Words with cognates but unclear etymologies == | == Words with cognates but unclear etymologies == | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 10 October 2012
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
- шейшеп - 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)
- мыжы(к)- - squeeze
- мыжыкый (adj) - killjoy
- сырга - earring(s)
- сөйкө - earring(s)
- оодар- (Kk. аудар-) - flip over
- момпосуй - candy
- жууркан - blanket
- дөң - hill
- чаң - dust
- келесоо - crazy/stupid
- чак - perfect-fitting
Words with cognates but unclear etymologies
- дароо - immediately
- Khalkha даруй, дороо
- Tajik даррав
