*čẹke
1 temple 2 cheekbone
Proto-Turkic: *čẹke
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *č`[i̯a]k`i
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: 1 висок 2 скула
Turkic: *čẹke
Mongolian: *čiki
Tungus-Manchu: *čaKar
Korean: *čăkami
Comments: VEWT 103, TMN 3, 87f, Егоров 326, Лексика 203. Despite the lack of ancient attestation, the root is evidently archaic.
Karakhanid: (MKypch.) čeke 1 (At-Tuhf.)
Tatar: čigɛ 1
Middle Turkic: čeke 'back of head' (Vam.)
Uzbek: čakka 1, 2
Uighur: čekä 1
Turkmen: čekge 1, 2
Chuvash: čigǝ 1
Kirghiz: čeke 1
Kazakh: šeke 1
Noghai: šeke 1
Bashkir: sikä 1
Karaim: čege 1
Karakalpak: šeke 1
Kumyk: čeke 1