яңаҡ

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yạyŋak (cheek; jaw).[1]

Cognate with Dolgan һыңаак (cheek), Yakut сыҥаах (sıñaaq, jaw, cheek).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɑˈŋɑq]
  • Hyphenation: я‧ңаҡ

Noun

яңаҡ • (yañaq)

  1. (anatomy) cheek
  2. jaw
  3. (door, window) jamb

Declension

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jạjŋak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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