Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yalpï. Cognate to Kyrgyz жалпак (jalpak, flat), etc.

Adjective

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јалбак (ǰalbak)

  1. flat, plane, level
  2. trivial, tame, stale, trite
  3. wide

References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јалбак”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN