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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صقاق (sakak, “dewlap; double chin”), itself from Proto-Turkic *sakak (“gill; dewlap”). Cognate with Uyghur ساقاق (saqaq).
Pronunciation
Noun
sakak (definite accusative sakağı, plural sakaklar)
- dewlap, the pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal
- double chin, dewlap, a layer of subcutaneous fat under the chin of a person
Declension
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sakak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4025
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 807b
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sakak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük