жамбаш

Kyrgyz

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *jān. Cognate to Southern Altai јалмаш (ǰalmaš), Kazakh жанбас (janbas), Karakalpak janbas, Nogai янбас (yanbas), Karaim janbaš, Kumyk янбаш (yanbaş), Bashkir янбаш (yanbaş), Uzbek yonbosh, etc.

Noun

жамбаш • (jambaş) (Arabic spelling جامباش)

1. side

References

• Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Nauka, page 117