жамау

Kazakh

Etymology

From *yamağ (“patch”), from Proto-Turkic *yama- (“to patch”).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (jamaγ, “patch”); Bashkir ямау (yamaw), Kyrgyz жамоо (jamoo), Karachay-Balkar жамау (jamau), Kumyk ямав (yamaw, “patch”); Uzbek yamoq, Uyghur ياماق (yamaq, “patch”); Turkmen ýama, Turkish yama, Azerbaijani yamaq (“patch”); also Yakut самалык (samalık, “patch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʒɑˈmɑw]
  • Hyphenation: жа‧мау

Noun

жамау • (jamau)

  1. patch, piece of cloth sewed on an old garment to repair it
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