Cognate with Chagatai (çekmek, “to pull”), Karakhanid (çekmēk, “to draw”), Kipchak (çek-, “to pull”), Turkish çekmek (“to pull”), Azerbaijani çəkmək (“to smoke”), Turkmen çekmek (“to pull, draw”), Uyghur چەكمەك (chekmek, “to undergo”), Kyrgyz чегүү (cegüü, “to pull, undergo”).