жұмбақ

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic جۇمباق
Cyrillic жұмбақ
Latin jūmbaq
Yañalif çūmʙaq

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jom(ŋ)ak (“tale, legend; riddle”). Cognate with Bashkir йомаҡ (yomaq, “riddle”), Uzbek yumboq (“riddle”), Kyrgyz жомок (jomok, “epic tale; fairy-tale”), Khakas нымах (nımax, “epic tale; fairy-tale”), Yakut номох (nomoq, “tale”), etc.

Adjective

жұмбақ • (jūmbaq)

  1. mysterious
    жұмбақ адам
    jūmbaq adam
    mysterious person
    жұмбақ жағдай
    jūmbaq jağdai
    mysterious circumstances

Noun

жұмбақ • (jūmbaq)

  1. riddle, enigma
    жұмбақ айту
    jūmbaq aitu
    to propose a riddle
    жұмбақты шешу
    jūmbaqty şeşu
    to solve the riddle

Declension

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