жұмбақ

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic جۇمباق
Cyrillic жұмбақ
Latin jūmbaq
Yañalif çūmʙaq

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jom(ŋ)ak (tale, legend; riddle). Cognate with Bashkir йомаҡ (yomaq, riddle), Uzbek yumboq (riddle), Kyrgyz жомок (jomok, epic tale; fairy-tale), Khakas нымах (nımax, epic tale; fairy-tale), Yakut номох (nomoq, tale), etc.

Adjective

жұмбақ (jūmbaq)

  1. mysterious
    жұмбақ адам
    jūmbaq adam
    mysterious person
    жұмбақ жағдай
    jūmbaq jağdai
    mysterious circumstances

Noun

жұмбақ (jūmbaq)

  1. riddle, enigma
    жұмбақ айту
    jūmbaq aitu
    to propose a riddle
    жұмбақты шешу
    jūmbaqty şeşu
    to solve the riddle

Declension