Turkic words in Yiddish

The orthography used to represent Turkic languages on this page is a phonemic system based on Turkish orthography. This is done to avoid focusing on the phonetic differences between different languages used. The IPA is used when describing the phonetics of Turkic languages.

Wordlist

Yiddish	Turkic	Russian	Ukrainian	Belarussian
kabák (m,-n) - squash,pumpkin	qabaq - pumpkin,squash	кабачок - squash	кабак - pumpkin
kavene - watermelon	qawun - melon		кавун - watermelon
yarmlke - skullcap	yağmurluk - rain covering/canopy	ермолка - skullcap
arbes (m,—) - chickpeas
prakes
parputšn - slippers
titún - tobacco		тютюн - tobacco
pupik (m,-es), gopl (m,-en) - navel	*gööpek - navel	пупок - navel
?čvok (m,čvekes) - nail
bulbes - potatoes	bülbe < Mongolian bölbee - tuber			бульба - potatoe

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