Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic مامىق
Cyrillic мамық
Latin mamyq
Yañalif mamьq

Etymology

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From Chagatai ماموق (mamuq, cotton), from Middle Persian pmbk' (pambag, cotton). Cognate with Kyrgyz мамык (mamık), Uzbek momiq, Uyghur مامۇق (mamuq), Turkish pamuk, etc.

Noun

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мамық (mamyq)

  1. down (on birds)

Derived terms

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