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=== Verbs === | === Verbs === | ||
* mıjı(q)- - squeeze | * mıjı(q)- - squeeze | ||
+ | ** cf. Khamnigan Mongol - bajūxu (bajū-) | ||
* oodar- - flip over | * oodar- - flip over | ||
* taarın- - be/get offended | * taarın- - be/get offended |
Revision as of 22:47, 19 April 2016
This page is here to collect words which do not seem to go back to Old Turkic and do not obviously come from a major contact language.
Contents
Kazakh words
- ayna - mirror
- awdar- - flip over, translate
- deŋgey - level
- qarmaq - fishing pole (cf. Kyrgyz qarma- below)
- şeşe - mother
- täwlik - day (24-hour period, not day time)
Kyrgyz words
See also Kyrgyz words of Persian origin without Tajik cognates.
Nouns
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Adjectives and Adverbs
Verbs
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Proposed etymologies
Words on the above lists for which potential etymologies are discovered should be moved here.
- Ky. köynök, Kk. köylek, etc. "shirt" appears to be from Turkic köŋil "shirt" +AK
- Ky. kelesoo "crazy/stupid", related to Persian kal(l)a "head" + Turkic soo "healthy/sober" ?
- Ky. qarma'- "grab, hold", related to Old/Middle Turkic qarva-/qarba- "grope", cf. Turkish kavra-, Yeniseian *qarba- - "grab"
cf. Mongolic ğar - handcf. WMo qarma- - rake up, gather togethercf. Manchu qarma- - protect, safeguard