قفس

Turkish: kafes

→ Albanian: kafaz

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→ Armenian: խաֆես (xafes), կաֆաս (kafas)

→ Bulgarian: кафе́з (kaféz)

→ Crimean Tatar: qafes

→ Greek: καφάσι (kafási), καφασωτός (kafasotós)

→ Macedonian: кафез (kafez)

→ Romanian: cafas

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ка̀вез

Latin script: kàvez

Borrowed from Persian قَفَس (qafas), itself from Arabic قَفَص (qafaṣ).

birdcage, any cage used to keep birds and poultry in

kafes, a section of the imperial harem where princes where kept under house-arrest

(figuratively) skeleton of a man or beast


عظم

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عظم • (ʼazm) (definite accusative عظمی (ʼazmı), plural عظام (ʼizâm))

ʼazm (romanization)
عظمی (accusative definite)
عظام (plural)

Turkish: azm

Borrowed from Arabic عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”), from Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯ̣m- (“bone”).

bor+

bone, any of the components of an endoskeleton consisting of calcium phosphate and collagen


مهره

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مهره • (mühre)

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مهره • (mühre)

Turkish: mühre

From Old Anatolian Turkish مهره (mühre), from Persian مهره (mohra); cognate with Azerbaijani möhrə.

bead, any sort of globule made of stone or glass

vertebra, any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone

draught, checker, a game piece used in the game of draughts


غراب

Borrowed from Arabic غُرَاب (ḡurāb, “crow, raven”).


ورك

Turkish: verek

Borrowed from Arabic وَرَك (warak, “hip, hipbone”).

hip bone, one of two bones forming the side of the pelvis


سونكو

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سونگو • (süngü)

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سونگو • (süngü)

Turkish: süngü

Gagauz: süngü

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→ Arabic: سُونْكِيّ (sunkiyy), سُنْكِيّ (sunkiyy)

→ Armenian: սո̈ւնկո̈ւ (sünkü), սունկու (sunku)

→ Swahili: singe

anything that presents itself straight at or before one, as a pikehead, a bayonet, an awn, the spine of the back


عصعص

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عصعص • (ʼusʼus)

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عصعص • (ʼusʼus)

Turkish: us’us

Borrowed from Arabic عُصْعُص (ʕuṣʕuṣ, “coccyx”).

bor+

coccyx, tailbone, the final fused vertebrae at the base of the spine


ابره

Turkish: ibre

Borrowed from Arabic إِبْرَة (ʔibra, “needle”).

(colloquial) penis, the male reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse


قیلچق

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قیلچق • (qılçık)

Turkish: kılçık

From قیل (qıl, “hair, bristle”) + ـچق (-çık, diminutive suffix).


اسكلت

Turkish: iskelet

Borrowed from French squelette (“skeleton”), itself from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried body; mummy”).

der

skeleton, the system of bones that provides support to a vertebrate


كمیك

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كمیك • (kemik) (definite accusative كمیكی (kemiği), plural كمیكلر (kemikler))

kemik (romanization)
كمیكی (accusative definite)
كمیكلر (plural)

Turkish: kemik

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kemük (“bone”); cognate with Kumyk гемик (gemik) and Tatar kimek.


قبورغه

Turkish: kaburga

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→ Armenian: խապուռղա (xapuṙġa), կաբուռկա (kabuṙka), ղաբուռղա (ġabuṙġa)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kapur- (“rib”); cognate with Azerbaijani qabırğa, Bashkir ҡабырға (qabırğa), Crimean Tatar qaburğa, Kazakh қабырға (qabyrğa), Kyrgyz кабырга (kabırga), Tatar кабырга (qabırga), Turkmen gapyrga, Uyghur قوۋۇرغا (qowurgha) and Uzbek qovurgʻa.

rib, any of the curved bones which form the thoracic cage


هیكل

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هیكل • (heykel) (plural هیاكل (heyekel))

Turkish: heykel

statue, a three-dimensional artwork usually created by sculpting


دیز قپاغی

دیز قپاغی • (diz kapağı)

ota-noun

دیز قپاغی • (diz kapağı)

Turkish: diz kapağı

→ Armenian: տիզխափախի (tizxapʻaxi)

From دیز (diz, “knee”) + قپاق (kapak, “lid, cover”).

compound

kneecap, the flat, roundish bone in the knee


كوپریجك

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كوپریجك • (köpricik)

Turkish: köprücük

From كوپری (köpri, “bridge”) + ـجك (-cik, -cük, diminutive suffix).

suffix

collarbone, clavicle, the bone joining the shoulder and the breastbone


طوپوق

Turkish: topuk

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→ Armenian: թոփուխ (tʻopʻux), թոփուղ (tʻopʻuġ), թոբուխ (tʻobux)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *topïk (“anklebone; heel bone”); cognate with Azerbaijani topuq, Bashkir тубыҡ (tubıq), Kazakh тобық (tobyq), Kyrgyz томук (tomuk), Turkmen topuk, Uyghur توپۇق (topuq), Uzbek topiq and Yakut тобук (tobuk).

inh+

anklebone, talus, astragalus, the bone of the ankle

fetlock, the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern


قویروق كمیكی

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قویروق كمیكی

قویروق كمیكی • (kuyruk kemiği)

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قویروق كمیكی

قویروق كمیكی • (kuyruk kemiği)

Turkish: kuyruk kemiği

From قویروق (kuyruk, “tail”) + كمیك (kemik, “bone”).


بالدر كمیكی

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بالدر كمیكی • (baldır kemiği)

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بالدر كمیكی • (baldır kemiği)

Turkish: baldır kemiği

From بالدر (baldır, “calf”) + كمیك (kemik, “bone”).

fibula, calf bone, the bone on the lateral side of the tibia


اینجك

Turkish: incik

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yẹ̄nčik (“shin, shinbone”); cognate with Salar incik and Turkmen īnjik.

inh+

shinbone, tibia, the inner and usually larger of the two bones of the leg


آیاق طراغی

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آیاق طراغی • (ayak tarağı)

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آیاق طراغی • (ayak tarağı)

Turkish: ayak tarağı

From آیاق (ayak, “foot”) + طراق (tarak, “comb”).

metatarsus, the five bones located between the toes and the ankle


فقره

Turkish: fıkra

Borrowed from Arabic فِقْرَة (fiqra, “vertebra; paragraph”).


مصفات

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مصفات • (misfat) (plural مصافی (mesafi))

Turkish: misfat

Borrowed from Arabic مِصْفَاة (miṣfāh, “colander”).

bor+

ethmoid, a light, spongy, cubical bone at the root of the nose, through which the olfactory nerves pass


آشیق

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آشیق • (aşık)

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آشیق • (aşık)

Turkish: aşık

→ Albanian: ashik

→ Armenian: աշըխ (ašəx), աշուղ (ašuġ)

→ Bulgarian: аши́к (ašík)

→ Macedonian: ашик (ašik)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ašuk (“anklebone”); cognate with Azerbaijani aşıq, Crimean Tatar aşıq, Southern Altai ажык (ažïk), Tatar ашык (aşıq), Uyghur ئوشۇق (oshuq) and Uzbek oshiq.

inh+

anklebone, talus, astragalus, the bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the joint

dib, one of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep used by children in play


كبزه

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كبزه • (kebze) (definite accusative كبزهیی (kebzeyi), plural كبزهلر (kebzeler))

kebze (romanization)
كبزهیی (accusative definite)
كبزهلر (plural)

Turkish: kebze

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *(k)Ebŕe (“shoulder blade; augury”).

inh+

shoulder blade, scapula, omoplate, either of the large flat bones at the back of the shoulder


سوموك

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سوموك • (sümük) (definite accusative سوموكی (sümüğü), plural سوموكلر (sümükler))

sümük (romanization)
سوموكی (accusative definite)
سوموكلر (plural)

Turkish: sümük

→ Armenian: սիւմիւք (siwmiwkʻ)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *simük or *sümkürük (“snot, mucus”), a derivation from *simki- (“to blow one's nose”), whence سومكورمك (sümkürmek, “to blow one's nose”).

mucus, snot, snivel, a viscous, slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes