monjuk

Turkmen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bōnčuk (“bead”),[1] equivalent to boýun (“neck”) +‎ -juk (“diminutive suffix”). Cognate with Azerbaijani muncuq, Turkish boncuk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moːnˈd͡ʒʊk/
  • Hyphenation: mon‧juk

Noun

monjuk (definite accusative monjugy, plural monjuklar)[2]

  1. bead

Declension
Declension of monjuk
singular plural
nominative monjuk monjuklar
accusative monjugy monjuklary
genitive monjuguň monjuklaryň
dative monjuga monjuklara
locative monjukda monjuklarda
ablative monjukdan monjuklardan

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bonçuk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 349
  2. monjuk at Ene dilim
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