жұмсақ

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	جۇمساق
Cyrillic	жұмсақ
Latin	jūmsaq
Yañalif	çūmsaq

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yɨm-ĺča-k (“soft”). Cognate with Old Uyghur jumšaq (“soft”); Tatar йомшак (yomşaq), Kyrgyz жумшак (jumşak), Southern Altai јымжак (ǰïmžak), Turkish yumuşak, Khakas нымзах (nımzax), Tuvan чымчак (çımçak), Yakut сымна (sımna), сымнаҕас (sımnağas), Chuvash ҫемҫе (śemś̬e, “soft”), etc.

Adjective

жұмсақ • (jūmsaq)

1. soft
2. mild

Derived terms

• жұп-жұмсақ (jūp-jūmsaq)