Ultimately, from Proto-Turkic *yōk (“no; there is no”).
Cognate with Kazakh жоғалу (joğalu, “to get lost”), Kyrgyz жоголуу (joğoluu, “to get lost”), Uzbek yoʻqolmoq (“get lost”), Uyghur يوقالماق (yoqalmaq, “to get lost, disappear”), Turkmen ýogalmak (“to disappear, die”), etc.
жоголуу • (joğoluu)