gırtlak
Appearance
Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]This form is only found in Western Oghuz languages, from Proto-Turkic *gekirdek (“throat, thrachea, cartilage”). Cognate with Azerbaijani qırtlaq, Kyrgyz кекиртек (kekirtek). Compare also Bashkir кигерләк (kigerläk; dialectal).
Noun
[edit]gırtlak (definite accusative gırtlağı, plural gırtlaklar)
- (anatomy) larynx (the organ)
- Throat singing (in some contexts)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*gekirdek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill