كۆكس

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *köküŕ.[1][2] Cognates with Southern Altai кӧгӱс (kögüs), Turkish göğüs.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /køks/

Noun

كۆكس • (köks) (plural كۆكسلەر (köksler))

  1. breast
  2. udder

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kögüz (gögöz)”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 714
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*göküŕ (/*gögüŕ), *Kökrek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading
  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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