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** Khalkha даруй, дороо | ** Khalkha даруй, дороо | ||
** Tajik даррав | ** Tajik даррав | ||
| + | * дөө - giant, cyclops (Kazakh дәу - giant, huge) | ||
| + | ** Mongol *dobu - giant, cyclops | ||
| + | ** Persian dēw - dæmon | ||
Latest revision as of 01:26, 17 January 2015
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
- 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)
- чабелекей (?) - sparrow
- анделек - melon
- мөөр - stamp
Other words with mysterious etymologies
See Turkic words with mysterious etymologies.
Words with cognates but unclear etymologies
- дароо - immediately
- Khalkha даруй, дороо
- Tajik даррав
- дөө - giant, cyclops (Kazakh дәу - giant, huge)
- Mongol *dobu - giant, cyclops
- Persian dēw - dæmon
