Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kɨsga (short), from *kɨs- (to press, squeeze).

Cognate with Bashkir ҡыҫҡа (qıśqa), Uzbek qisqa, Crimean Tatar qısqa, Kumyk къысгъа (qısğa), Azerbaijani qısa, Turkmen gysga, Turkish kısa, Khakas хысха (xısxa), Shor қысқа, Western Yugur qïsqa, etc.

Adjective

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кыска (kıska) (comparative кыскараак, superlative раак, Arabic spelling قىسقا)

  1. short

Nogai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kɨsga.

Adjective

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кыска (kıska)

  1. short

References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “кыска”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kɨsga (short), from *kɨs- (to press, squeeze).

Cognate with Kazakh қысқа (qysqa), Kyrgyz кыска (kıska), Bashkir ҡыҫҡа (qıśqa), Uzbek qisqa, Crimean Tatar qısqa, Kumyk къысгъа (qısğa), Azerbaijani qısa, Turkmen gysga, Turkish kısa, Khakas хысха (xısxa), Shor қысқа, Western Yugur qïsqa, etc.

Adjective

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кыска (kïska)

  1. short

Tuvan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kɨsga (short), from *kɨs- (to press, squeeze).

Cognate with Kazakh қысқа (qysqa), Kyrgyz кыска (kıska), Bashkir ҡыҫҡа (qıśqa), Uzbek qisqa, Crimean Tatar qısqa, Kumyk къысгъа (qısğa), Azerbaijani qısa, Turkmen gysga, Turkish kısa, Khakas хысха (xısxa), Shor қысқа, Western Yugur qïsqa, etc.

Adjective

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кыска (kıska)

  1. short