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Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yom(ŋ)ak (tale, legend; riddle).

Cognate with Tatar comaq (riddle), Kazakh жұмбақ (jūmbaq, riddle), Uzbek jumboq (riddle), Kyrgyz жомок (jomok, epic tale; fairy-tale), Khakas нымах (nımax, epic tale; fairy-tale), Shor ныбақ (nybaq, fairy-tale), Northern Altai ньомак (nʹomak, fairy-tale), Yakut номох (nomoq, tale), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jʊ̞ˈmɑq]
  • Hyphenation: йо‧маҡ

Noun

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йомаҡ (yomaq)

  1. riddle, verbal puzzle

Declension

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