بونجق

• بونجوق (boncuk)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bōnčuk (“bead”), a development from *bōń (“neck”). Cognate with Azerbaijani muncuq, Kazakh моншақ (monşaq), Kyrgyz мончок (moncok), Turkmen monjuk, Uyghur مونچاق (monchaq) and Uzbek munchoq.

بونجق • (boncuk)

1. bead, any sort of globule made of stone or glass, with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire

   Synonyms: كره (küre), مهره (mühre), یوارلاق (yuvarlak)

• Turkish: boncuk
• → Armenian: պօնճուխ (pōnčux)

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