Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bɨńĺ(ɨk) (cat). Compare dialectal pışık, Turkish pisi, Azerbaijani and Turkmen pişik, Tatar песи (pesi), песәй (pesäy), Karakalpak pıshıq, Uzbek mushuk, Kazakh мысық (mysyq), Southern Altai мыжык (mïžïk), Kumyk мишик (mişik), Bashkir бесәй (besəy), Uyghur مۈشۈك (müshük).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɯˈʃɯq/
  • Hyphenation: мы‧шык

Noun

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мышык (mışık) (Arabic spelling مىشىق)

  1. cat

Declension

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