Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic ىشەك
Cyrillic ішек
Latin ışek
Yañalif jcek

Etymology

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From Common Kypchak *ičäk (intestine, gut), from an earlier form *ičägü (instestine, gut), from Proto-Turkic *ič (interior; bowels, stomach).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (ičägü, viscera, bowels); Tatar эчәк (eçäk), Bashkir эсәк (esək), Kyrgyz ичек (icek); Uzbek ichak, Uyghur ئۈچەي (üchey), Southern Altai ичеге (ičege), Turkmen içege, Khakas ічеге (ìçege, intestine), etc.

Noun

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ішек (ışek)

  1. (anatomy) intestine, gut
    ащы ішек
    aşy ışek
    small intestine
    жуан ішек
    juan ışek
    large intestine