Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates: Difference between revisions
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* дене - body ← tän? | * дене - body ← tän? | ||
* айнек (Kk. әйнек) - glass (cf., Kk. айна - mirror) | * айнек (Kk. әйнек) - glass (cf., Kk. айна - mirror) | ||
* кулпу - lock (Arabic ''qifl'', Tajik ''qufl''/''qulf'') | |||
== Other words with mysterious etymologies == | == Other words with mysterious etymologies == | ||
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[[Category:Kyrgyz]] | [[Category:Kyrgyz]] | ||
[[Category:Persian]] | [[Category:Persian]] | ||
[[Category:Historical | [[Category:Historical Linguistics]] | ||
Revision as of 23:47, 23 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
- бата - blessing
- тоскоол - obstacle
- -чAн suffix - -clad (wearing something) (e.g., калпакчан, көйнөкчөн, көзайнекчен)
- депкер - strainer or holey spatula thing for paloo
- тапчан - seating platform for dastorxon
- чарчы - square
Weird versions in Kyrgyz
- чейрек - fourth ← čāryak?
- жоокер - soldier ← jahongir - ~warrior
- дене - body ← tän?
- айнек (Kk. әйнек) - glass (cf., Kk. айна - mirror)
- кулпу - lock (Arabic qifl, Tajik qufl/qulf)
Other words with mysterious etymologies
See Turkic words with mysterious etymologies.
Words with cognates but unclear etymologies
- дароо - immediately
- Khalkha даруй, дороо
- Tajik даррав
