кӧс јажы

Southern Altai

Etymology

From кӧс (kös) + јаш (ǰaš). Cognate to Kyrgyz көз жаш (köz jaş), Kazakh көз жашы (köz jaşy), Crimean Tatar közyaşı, Kumyk гёзьяш (gözʹyaş), Tatar күз яше (küz yaşe), Turkish gözyaşı, Azerbaijani göz yaşı, Turkmen gözýaş, etc.

Noun

кӧс јажы • (kös ǰažï)

  1. tear

References

  • Verbickij, V. I. (1884) “кӧс јажы”, in Словарь алтайского и аладагского наречий тюркского языка [Dictionary of Altaic and Aladag dialects of Turkic], Kazan, page 189
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