төндөк

From Proto-Turkic *tüŋlük (“smoke hole, venthole, opening”).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (tüŋlük, “hole”); Kazakh түндік (tündik, “wooden ring at the center of a yurt roof; hearth, fireplace”), Kyrgyz түндүк (tündük, “wooden ring at the center of a yurt roof”), Uzbek tuynuk (“hole, opening”), Uyghur تۈڭلۈك‎ (tünglük, “smokehole in the yurt”), Turkmen tüýnük (“smokehole in the yurt”), Khakas түнүк (tүnүk, “smokehole”), Tuvan түндүк (tündük, “smokehole in a yurt; zenith”), Yakut түннүк (tünnük, “window”).

• IPA^(key): [tʏ̞nˈdʏ̞k]
• Hyphenation: төн‧дөк

төндөк • (töndök)

1. in a yurt, a smokehole (smoke flap) at the center of the roof
2. (by extension) venthole