Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *karmak (fishing rod; hook).

Cognate with Kazakh қармақ (qarmaq), Kyrgyz кармак (karmak), Uzbek qarmoq, Uyghur قارماق (qarmaq), Khakas хармах (xarmax), Azerbaijani qarmaq (fishing rod).

Noun

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кармак (karmak)

  1. fishing rod

References

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