Turkmen edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bōnčuk (bead),[1] equivalent to boýun (neck) +‎ -juk (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Azerbaijani muncuq, Turkish boncuk.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /moːnˈd͡ʒʊk/
  • Hyphenation: mon‧juk

Noun edit

monjuk (definite accusative monjugy, plural monjuklar)[2]

  1. bead

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bonçuk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 349
  2. ^ monjuk at Ene dilim