Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *agɨŕ. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰍𐰕 (ǧz /⁠aɣïz⁠/, mouth), Khakas, Shor, Tuvan аас (aas), Kazakh ауыз (auyz), Kyrgyz ооз (ooz), Bashkir ауыҙ (awıź), Karachay-Balkar аууз (awuz), Kumyk авуз (awuz), Nogai, Tatar авыз (awız), Uzbek ogʻiz, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Turkish ağız, Gagauz aaz, Turkmen agyz (mouth), etc.

Noun

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оос (oos)

  1. mouth