قنجوى

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Karakhanid

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Chinese 公主 (MC kuwng tsyuX, “princess”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰸𐰆𐰨𐰖 (qunčuy, princess).

Noun

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قُنْجوُىْ (qunčūy)

  1. (monarchy) princess

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kunçu:y”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 635

Further reading

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