Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yilik (bone marrow).

Cognate with Kyrgyz жилик (jilik), Turkish ilik, Uzbek ilik, Turkmen ýilik, Bashkir елек (yelek).

Noun

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јилик (ǰilik)

  1. marrow, bone marrow

References

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N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јилик”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “јилик”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN