palate → conversation 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme hanek
meaning 1 palate
direction →
meaning 2 conversation (dialectal)
reference Baskakov 1977: 383
comment Borrowed from Arb. حَنَك 'palate; part beneath the chin and lower jaw' (Lane:659-660). Not sure that it is not a folk-etymology.

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