ижек

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Bashkir

Etymology

Cognate with Old Uyghur (üžik, syllable; letter), Karakhanid (üžük, syllable), Tatar иҗек (icek, syllable), Tuvan үжүк (üjük, letter; alphabet).

Akhmetyanov suggests derivation from Middle Chinese (ji, letter, symbol, character).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: и‧жек

Noun

ижек (ijek)

  1. (linguistics) syllable
    Башҡорт телендә баҫым күпселек осраҡтарҙа аҙаҡҡы ижеккә төшә.
    Başqort telendə baśım küpselek osraqtarźa aźaqqı ijekkə töşə.
    In the Bashkir language, the stress in most cases falls on the last syllable.

Declension

References

  • R. Akhmetyanov (2015). Etimologicheskiy slovar' tatarskogo yazyka. // An Etymological Dictionary of Tatar Language. Kazan: Magarif-Vakyt publishers, ISBN not specified. vol.1, p.295.