жаак

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yạyŋak. Cognate with Kazakh жақ (jaq), Southern Altai јаак (ǰaak, “jaw”), Crimean Tatar yanaq, Karachay-Balkar жыякъ (jıyaq), Kumyk яякъ (yayaq), Bashkir яңаҡ (yañaq), Tatar яңак (yañaq), Azerbaijani yanaq, Turkish yanak, Turkmen ýaňak, Shor наақ, Western Yugur yïnaq/ yinaq, etc.

Noun

жаак • (jaak) (Arabic spelling جااق)

1. jaw
2. cheek

References

• Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, page 123 pages