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From Proto-Turkic *tīŕ, *tǖŕ (“knee”). Compare Turkish diz, Tuvan дискек (diskek), Khakas тізек (tìzek), etc.
dizek
- (dialectal, Mengda) knee
- Synonym: düz
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “tizex”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 512
