Kumyk edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yubka (thin (of flat objects)).

Cognate with Ottoman Turkish یوفقه (yufḳa), Turkish yufka, Azerbaijani yuxa, Tatar юка (yuka), Kazakh жұқа (jūqa), Kyrgyz жука (juka), Southern Altai јука (ǰuka), Bashkir йоҡа (yoqa), Uzbek yupqa, Uyghur يۇپقا (yupqa), Khakas чуға (çuğa, thin).

Adjective edit

юкъкъа (yuqqa)

  1. thin (of flat objects)

Antonyms edit

Further reading edit

  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “юкъкъа”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН