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bacak

Mane

Têgeh

(Îngilîzî)

leg (lower limb from groin to ankle)
The limb for walking, jumping or support in animals.
The protruding part of an object that keeps it high above the ground.
The part of clothing that covers each leg.
knave, jack in playing cards

Pircarînî

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/baˈd͡ʒak/

Ji Ottoman Turkish mîras hatiye girtin

Hevwate bi Karakhanid

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باجاق (bacaḳ, “the leg, the thigh”), from Proto-Turkic *bakań(ak) or *bakačuk (“leg”, literally “little frog”), diminutive of *b(i)āka (“frog”). For a parallel animal simile see; Latin musculus (“muscle”, literally “little mouse”). Cognate with Kazakh бақай (baqai). Also compare Karakhanid بَقانَقْ (baqanaq, baqayaq) or بَقانُقْ (baqanuq, baqayuq, “the 'frog' in a horse's hoof, the gap between the hooves of ungulates”).