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From Proto-Turkic *yalpï. Cognate to Kyrgyz жалпак (jalpak, “flat”), etc.
јалбак • (ǰalbak)
- flat, plane, level
- trivial, tame, stale, trite
- wide
- N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јалбак”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN