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كىپەك

Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kepek.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish kepek, Kyrgyz кебек (kebek), Khakas кибек (kibek), Tuvan хевек (xevek), etc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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كىپەك • (kipek) (plural كىپەكلەر (kipekler))

  1. bran, chaff
  2. dandruff
  3. bits, scraps, dust, powder

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kepek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 688
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kẹpek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

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  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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