Talk:ontogeny

Kazakh and Kyrgyz

I am not disputing the addition to the entry, as I have not the faintest idea of the languages in question, apart from English, but I was curious about the alternative translation жекедаму; онтогенез looks like a straightforwoed borrowing, so no problem, but I wondered about жекедаму, and according to Google translate in both Kazakh and Kyrgyz, жекедаму translates to "individuality" in English. I realise that Google Translate is no absolute authority, and there are limits to its ability to handle finer points and ambiguities, amazing though it is in value and power. However the back-translation from English to Kazakh is даралық and to Kyrgyz is жекелик, which is not in itself surprising (and the translation between Kazakh and Kyrgyz is consistent) but could anyone familiar with those languages please assure us that there really is a strong basis for including жекедаму as a translation of ontogeny? JonRichfield (talk) 04:14, 10 July 2021 (UTC)