kengirge

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tuvan кеңгирге (keñgirge). Compare Mongolian хэнгэрэг (xengereg) and several other cognates.[1]

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Noun

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kengirge (plural kengirges)

  1. (music) A large, double-sided Tuvan drum, often made of goatskin and adorned with bells, introduced by Tibetan Buddhists.

See also

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  • shyngyrash (bells that sit atop the kengirge)

References

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  1. ^ Ákos Bertalan Apatóczky (2009) “kenggerge (keng-ge-er-ge)”, in Yiyu: An Indexed Critical Edition of a Sixteenth Century Sino-Mongolian Glossary[1], page 117