jazyk
Pronunciation: /jazik/
“jazyk” is a Slovak word. Its 6 meanings in English:
noun
- tongue (the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal)
- a thing resembling a tongue
- language (a method of interhuman communication)
- language, tongue (the conventional system of communication used by a particular community)
- language (the parlance of a particular specialist field)
- language (a particular style or manner of expression; idiom)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak jazyk, from Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀs, from earlier *dinźūˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare Polish język, Czech jazyk.
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