Ottoman Turkish edit

 
صقاق

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sakak (gill; dewlap);[1] cognate with Uyghur ساقاق (saqaq).

Noun edit

صقاق (sakak)

  1. dewlap, the pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal
  2. double chin, dewlap, a layer of subcutaneous fat under the chin of a person

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: sakak

References edit

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

Further reading edit