See also: қалық and ҡалыҡ

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Siberian Tatar ҡалыҡ (qalïq) and Kazakh халық (xalyq). Or from Classical Persian خَلْق (xalq), from Arabic خَلْق (ḵalq, creation; creatures; people). Compare also Shor қалық (qalïq, people) and Khakas халых (xalıx, people).

Noun edit

калык (kalïk)

  1. people

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “калык”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN, page 236