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Salar
Etymology
From Salar ele (“to sift”). Cognate with Turkish elek.
Pronunciation
Noun
elek
- sieve
References
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “elex”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 324
- Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “elex”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 100
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish الك (elek), from Proto-Turkic *elgek (“sieve”). Equivalent to ele- + -ek. Cognate with Salar elex.
Noun
elek
- sieve
Declension
Further reading
- “elek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu