Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yạyŋak (cheek; jaw).[1]

Cognate with Dolgan һыңаак (cheek), Yakut сыҥаах (sıñaaq, jaw, cheek).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [jɑˈŋɑq]
  • Hyphenation: я‧ңаҡ

Noun edit

яңаҡ (yañaq)

  1. (anatomy) cheek
  2. jaw
  3. (door, window) jamb

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jạjŋak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill