жаак

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yayŋak. Cognate with Kazakh жақ (jaq), Southern Altai јаак (ǰaak, “jaw”), Crimean Tatar yanaq, Karachay-Balkar жыякъ (jıyaq), Kumyk яякъ (yayaq), Bashkir яңаҡ (yañaq), Tatar яңак (yañaq), Azerbaijani yanaq, Turkish yanak, Turkmen ýaňak, Shor наақ, Western Yugur yïnaq/ yinaq, etc.

Noun

жаак • (jaak) (Arabic spelling جااق)

  1. jaw
  2. cheek

References

  • Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, page 123 pages
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 187
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