кызык

Southern Altai

Etymology

Cognate with Kyrgyz кызык (kızık), Tatar кызык (qızıq), Bashkir ҡыҙыҡ (qıźıq), Kumyk кызык (kızık), Kazakh қызық (qyzyq), Uzbek qiziq, Uyghur قىزىق (qiziq, “funny, amusing, entertaining”)،

Adjective

кызык • (kïzïk)

1. interesting

Noun

кызык • (kïzïk)

1. interest

References

• Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Indrik, page 191 pages