Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yïlkï (age, grown-up animal).

Cognate with Bashkir йылҡы (yılqı), Kazakh жылқы (jylqy), Southern Altai јылкы (ǰïlkï), Old Turkic 𐰖𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰃 (y¹il¹qi /⁠yïlqï⁠/), Turkish yılkı, Uyghur يىلقا (yilqa), Yakut сылгы (sılgı), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɯɫˈqɯ/
  • Hyphenation: жыл‧кы

Noun

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жылкы (jılkı)

  1. horse

Declension

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