Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic سىلەكەي
Cyrillic сілекей
Latin sılekei
Yañalif sjlekei

Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *silükei, compare Mongolian шүлхий (šülxii).

Cognate with Tuvan шилегей (şilegey), Khakas сілегей (sìlegey), Crimean Tatar silekiy, Yakut сил (sil), etc.

Noun

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сілекей (sılekei)

  1. saliva