ئەمچەك
Uyghur
[edit]| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Perso-Arabic | ئەمچەك |
| Latin | emchek |
| Cyrillic | әмчәк |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *em-ček (“breast; nipple”) (earliest attested in 13th century), from Proto-Turkic *em- (“to suck”).
Cognate with Kyrgyz эмчек (emcek), Southern Altai эмчек (emček), Kazakh емшек (emşek), Crimean Tatar emçek, Uzbek emchak, Salar emcük, Turkmen emjek, Bashkir имсәк (imsək), etc.