ئەمچەك

Uyghur

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic ئەمچەك
Latin ‍emchek‍
Cyrillic әмчәк

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *em-ček (“breast; nipple”) (earliest attested in 13th century), from Proto-Turkic *em- (“to suck”).

Cognate with Kyrgyz эмчек (emcek), Southern Altai эмчек (emček), Kazakh емшек (emşek), Crimean Tatar emçek, Uzbek emchak, Salar emcük, Turkmen emjek, Bashkir имсәк (imsək), etc.

Noun

ئەمچەك • (emchek) (plural ئەمچەكلەر (emchekler))

  1. breast
  2. nipple
  3. udder
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