меҥ

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *beŋ (“mole”). Cognate with Kazakh мең (meñ), Karakalpak meng, Nogai менъ (meñ), Kyrgyz мең (meŋ), Crimean Tatar beñ, Kumyk мин (min), минг (miñ), Bashkir миң (miñ), Tatar миң (miñ) / miñ, Turkmen meň, Turkish ben, Khakas миң (miñ), Tuvan мең (meñ), Yakut мэҥ (meñ, “birthmark, mole”), etc.

Noun

меҥ • (meŋ)

  1. mole

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “меҥ”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
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