Common Turkic Words

Turkic languages share many common words. This type of words are very close in meaning, spelling, and pronunciation. See some examples below.

Uzbek

ona

kelin

baliq

ot

yo'l

suv

uzun

bir

ikki

to'qqiz

bosh

Turkish

anne

gelin

balık

at

yol

su

uzun

bir

iki

dokuz

baş

Kazakh

ana

kelin

balıq

at

jol

su

uzın

bir

eki

toğız

bas

English

mother

bride

fish

horse

road

water

long

one

two

nine

head

However, you should be aware of cognate words that may have totally different meaning in the other language.