јип

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yip, *yïp (“thread”). Cognate with Kazakh жіп (jıp), Kyrgyz жип (jip), Tatar җеп (cep), Crimean Tatar ip/ yip, Azerbaijani ip, Turkish ip, Turkmen ýüp, Uzbek ip, Khakas чип (çip), Shor чип, Western Yugur yip (“thread”), etc.

Noun

јип • (ǰip)

1. wool thread, thread

References

• Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “јип”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN

• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 204