Azerbaijani, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek

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First published: Tuesday May 21st, 2024
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Intro

I am interested in languages so I decided to compare the languages Azerbaijani, Turkish, Turkmen, and Uzbek by comparing some of their similar words

Translations Of The Words

English: explosion

Azerbaijani: partlayış

Turkish: patlama

Turkmen: partlama

Uzbek: portlash

English: castle

Azerbaijani: qala

Turkish: kale

Turkmen: gala

Uzbek: qal’a

English: leftovers

Azerbaijani: qalıqlar

Turkish: kalanlar

Turkmen: galyndylar

Uzbek: qoldiqlari

English: owl

Azerbaijani: bayquş

Turkish: baykuş

Turkmen: baýguş

Uzbek: boyqush

English: article

Azerbaijani: məqalə

Turkish: madde

Turkmen: makala

Uzbek: maqola

English: heat

Azerbaijani: istilik

Turkish: sıcaklık

Turkmen: ýylylyk

Uzbek: issiqlik

10 Comments

Level 69

May 22, 2024

I found a new set of words

English: spirit

Azerbaijani: ruh

Turkish: ruh

Turkmen: ruh

Uzbek: ruh

Level 65

May 21, 2024

I am struck by the similarity of 'castle' across all five languages, especially since English is not very similar to the other four, which are all similar to each other

Level 59

May 21, 2024

the l in castle isnt said so really only the first letter is similar,

english word is from latin, i think the rest got it from arabic (which isnt in the turkic family so thats just a common loan)

Level 59

May 21, 2024

bro just found the turkic language family

Level 69

May 22, 2024

Has he gotten the Kazakh update yet?

Level 83

May 22, 2024

Thanks for writing this. Are these words hand-picked to highlight specific points of similarity between the languages, or are these languages generally this similar? If the latter, it almost seems like if they strained themselves, they might be able to follow a conversation in each other's languages.

Level 59

May 22, 2024

they are all in one language family i think

i dont think they are inteligible idk

Level 69

May 22, 2024

These words are hand-picked. Not all words are this similar (I think)

Level 83

May 23, 2024

Cool, thanks! Nice blog.

Level 63

May 24, 2024