Proto-Turkic: *bōnčok
Meaning: beads, small balls as ornaments
Russian meaning: бусы, маленькие шарики в качестве украшений
Old Turkic: mončuq (Orkh., OUIgh.)
Karakhanid: mončuq (MK)
Turkish: bonǯuk
Tatar: muncaq (КСТТ)
Uzbek: munčɔq
Uighur: mončaq (dial.)
Azerbaidzhan: munǯuɣ
Turkmen: mōnǯuq
Khakassian: mončɨx, monńɨx (dial.)
Halaj: *munǯuq
Kirghiz: mončoq
Kazakh: monšaq
Bashkir: munsaq (dial.)
Balkar: minčaq
Gagauz: bonǯuq
Karaim: munǯax
Karakalpak: monšaq
Kumyk: minčaq
Comments: VEWT 340, EDT 349, ЭСТЯ 7. One can argue that this form is derived from *bōjn 'neck' (in old sources the word is usually reserved for neck ornaments). Forms like mojɨn-ča-k, attested in Tat., Bashk., Nogh., Kirgh., as well as Chag. mɨnčaɣ, KBalk., Kum. minčaq should be probably explained that way; but the form *bōn-čok itself may rather reflect earlier *mōŋi-č`V(k`V) 'round ornament', with secondary contaminations. Turk. > Russ. munčakъ, see Аникин 395.
