Bashkir

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Терһәк

Etymology

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From *tirsek (elbow; anatomical part of the leg); from Proto-Turkic *tīŕ (knee).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (tirsäk, elbow);[1] Kumyk тирсек (tirsek, elbow), Uzbek tirsak (elbow), Crimean Tatar tirsek (elbow), Turkmen tirsek (elbow), Turkish dirsek (elbow), Azerbaijani dirsək (elbow); Kazakh тірсек (tırsek, shin, shank), Kyrgyz тирсек (tirsek, Achilles tendon), Khakas тірсек (tìrsek, the knee of an animal's hind leg).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tɪ̞r.ˈhæk]
  • Hyphenation: тер‧һәк

Noun

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терһәк (terhək)

  1. (anatomy) elbow

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 563