ӏалъмэкъ

Adyghe

Alternative forms

алъмэкъ (alˢmɛq)

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic source, compare: Karachay-Balkar артмакъ (artmaq), Nogai артпак (artpak), Chuvash уртмах (urtmah).^[1] Akin to Kabardian къэлътмакъ (qɛlˢtmaq), Ubykh аԯтмыӄ (alˢtʼməq), Abkhaz арҭмаҟ (artmaqʼ), Abaza артмакъ (artmaqʼ), Svan ართმა̈ყ (artmäq̇), Turkic borrowings.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʔaːɬmaq]

Noun

ӏалъмэкъ • (ʼalˢmɛq)

bag, sack
handbag

References

^ Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 60

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