қолтық

Kazakh

Etymology

From *qoltuq "armpit".

Note that Chuvash and Sakha do not present any traces of this etymon, and use a different term for "armpit".

Cognate with Bashkir ҡултыҡ (qultıq, “armpit”), Kyrgyz колтук (koltuk, “armpit”), Uzbek qoʻltiq (“armpit”), Uyghur قولتۇق (qoltuq, “armpit”), Khakas холтых (xoltıx, “armpit”), Tuvan колдук (kolduk, “armpit”), Turkish koltuk (“armchair”), Turkish koltuk altı (“armpit”), etc.

Noun

қолтық • (qoltyq)

  1. (anatomy) armpit
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