See also: ёлке

Kumyk edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yēlke.

Cognate with Tatar җилкә (cilkä), Kazakh желке (jelke), Kyrgyz желке (jelke), Karachay-Balkar джелке (celke, nape, back of the neck), Uyghur يەلكە (yelke, shoulder; scruff), etc.

Noun edit

елке (yelke)

  1. (anatomy) back of the head

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “елке”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Russian edit

Noun edit

елке (jólkef inan

  1. Alternative spelling of ёлке (jólke)