жұмбақ

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic جۇمباق
Cyrillic жұмбақ
Latin jūmbaq
Yañalif çūmʙaq

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jom(ŋ)ak (tale, legend; riddle). Cognate with Bashkir йомаҡ (yomaq, riddle), Uzbek yumboq (riddle), Kyrgyz жомок (jomok, epic tale; fairy-tale), Khakas нымах (nımax, epic tale; fairy-tale), Yakut номох (nomoq, tale), etc.

Adjective

жұмбақ • (jūmbaq)

  1. mysterious
    жұмбақ адам
    jūmbaq adam
    mysterious person
    жұмбақ жағдай
    jūmbaq jağdai
    mysterious circumstances

Noun

жұмбақ • (jūmbaq)

  1. riddle, enigma
    жұмбақ айту
    jūmbaq aitu
    to propose a riddle
    жұмбақты шешу
    jūmbaqty şeşu
    to solve the riddle

Declension

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