From Old Turkic [script needed] (jüpäk), from Proto-Turkic *yip, *yïp.
Cognate with Turkmen ýüpek, Crimean Tatar yipek, Kumyk йибек (yibek), Azerbaijani ipək Turkish ipek, Kazakh жібек (jıbek), Kyrgyz жибек (jibek), etc.
чібек • (çìbek)
