эгис

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Common Turkic *ẹk(k)iz, from Proto-Turkic *ẹk(k)iŕ (“twin”). Cognate with Kazakh егіз (egız), Karakalpak egiz, Kyrgyz эгиз (egiz), Crimean Tatar egiz, Karachay-Balkar эгиз (egiz), Kumyk эгиз (egiz), Tatar игез (igez), Azerbaijani əkiz, Turkish ikiz, Turkmen ekiz , Shor ийгис, Tuvan ийис (iyis), etc.

Noun

эгис • (egis)

1. twin

Related terms

• эки (eki)